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Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.

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Before Homo sapiens appeared as a result of evolution, nature had made numerous attempts to create intelligent beings, with varying degrees of success.

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Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.