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What if the first technology was just a stone? Tristan Hughes and Dr. Emma Finestone, - Curator and the Robert J. and Linnet E. Fritz Endowed Chair of Humans Origins at Cleveland Museum of Natural History - travel back over 3 million years to Africa, where early hominins began shaping stone tools that transformed survival, diet, and behaviour. From the earliest finds to the widespread tool making industry in northern Tanzania, they explore who made these tools, how they worked, and why they matter. MORE Rise of Humans Listen on Apple Listen on Spotify Origins of the Wheel Listen on Apple Listen on Spotify Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Hannah Feodorov. The producer is Joseph…