Homo erectus, not humans, may have invented the barbed bone point
An 800,000-year-old tool may be the oldest known of its kind
An ancient bone tool, made from a piece of a large animal’s rib, features three curved barbs and a carved tip. The implement was made more than 800,000 years ago, probably by Homo erectus.
M. Pante et al/Journal of Human Evolution 2020