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Stone tools produced by monkeys 50,000 years ago were found in Brazil

Stone tools produced by monkeys 50,000 years ago were found in Brazil

Additionally, according to the experts, "we are certain that the early archeological sites from Brazil may not be human-derived but may belong to capuchin monkeys."

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According to a study1 that was first published in November, stone tools that are thought to be around 50,000 years old were discovered in Pedra Furada in northern Brazil and that these tools were produced by monkeys who lived at that time. The Holocene journal published the peer-reviewed paper. According to the report, the tools discovered at the sites a…

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