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3MILLION-year-old tools found at site dubbed 'the cradle of humankind'

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Archaeologists found three-million-year-old flakes, or small knives, created by hominins.

They hammered one stone against another to create sharp edges.

The tools are known as the Oldowan tool kit, which previously only spanned from 1.7 million years to 2.9 million years ago .

The site is located in Kenya 's Homa Peninsula , dubbed 'the cradle of humankind'.

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