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Wed. 01/11 - Earliest Human Tools Just Monkey Business?


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Were the first stone tools in the Americas made, not by ancient humans, but by monkeys? Plus, could color-changing cars be in our future? And will other nations follow New Zealand’s lead on banning cigarettes to future generations?

Links:

Monkeys – Not Humans – Made Ancient Sets of Stone Tools in Brazil, Study Finds (ScienceAlert) 
  • Scientists prove that tools attributed to ancient humans were made by ancestors of capuchin monkeys (CONICET)
  • Ancient Stone Tools Once Thought to be Made by Humans Were Actually Crafted by Monkeys, Say Archaeologists (Artnet News)
  • These monkeys are 3000 years into their own 'Stone Age'. (National Geographic, 2019)
  • Monkeys Make Stone "Tools" That Bear a Striking Resemblance to Early Human Artifacts (Scientific American, 2017)
  • Check out BMW’s color-changing concept car in action (The Verge)
  • BMW's E Ink Car Wrap Just Took The Leap Into Color (Slash Gear)
  • End of the cigarette? Labour unveil plan to wipe out smoking by 2030 by banning sale of tobacco (LBC)
  • Cigarette sales could be banned under Labour (Wales Online)
  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | 8th January 2023 (Political TV, YouTube)
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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