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Bone tool

In archaeology, bone tools have been documented from the advent of Homo sapiens and are also known from Homo neanderthalensis contexts or even earlier. Bone has been used for making tools by virtually all hunter-gatherer societies, even when other materials were readily available.

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Bone tool

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples61
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
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related to Further reading · 35
Bone tool → Additional, African Middle Stone Age, Archaeological Science, Arcy-sur-Cure, Backwell, Baffier, Bibcode, Colloque, Current Anthropology, Errico, Europe, France, Henshilwood, Human Evolution, Journal, Julien, L'outillage, Musée, Mémoires, Neanderthal
related to history · 12
Bone tool → Africa, Archaeologists, Blombos Cave, Bone, Careful, It, Middle Stone Age, Modern, Neanderthal, Neanderthals, South Africa, The
related to Hoes · 10
Bone tool → Bone, Entomophagy, French, Hoes, In, Indians, It, Plains Village Indians, Recovered, The

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wood or leatherinstance ofpointed spike generally used for piercing or marking materials0.80text
this flute helped modern humans form tighter social bondsinstance ofResearchers argue that musical instruments0.80text
giving them an advantage over their Neanderthal counterparts.In additioninstance ofResearchers argue that musical instruments0.80text
bones consist of a pair of animal bones that are played by clacking the bones togetherinstance ofResearchers argue that musical instruments0.80text
Bone toolrelated to Further readingBackwell0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingErrico0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingThe0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingOlduvai Gorge0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingTanzania0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingPalaeontologia Africana0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingBaffier0.60section
Bone toolrelated to Further readingJulien0.60section

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