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Ancient bone tools found in Moroccan cave were used to work leather, fur

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When researchers first started to look at animal bones from Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco, they wanted to learn about the diet and environment of early human ancestors who lived there between 120,000 and 90,000 years ago. But they soon realized that the bones they had found weren’t just meal scraps. They’d been shaped into tools, apparently for use in working leather and fur.

Source: ScienceDaily.com