65,000-year-old 'stone Swiss Army knives' show early humans had long-distance social networks
- Written by: Amy Mosig Way, Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Sydney, and Archaeologist, Australian Museum
Paloma de la Peña, Author providedHumans are the only species to live in every environmental niche in the world – from the icesheets to the deserts, rainforests to savannahs. As individuals we are rather puny, but when we are socially connected, we are the most dominant species on the planet.