[Lurking Libertarian]

Interesting article; thanks for posting it,

2.6 MYA would certainly be older than homo sapiens and neanderthals. So these would have been made by h. erectus? or ergaster?

[Lurking Libertarian]

Science thread ping.

Patrick, hope its OK to borrow your ping list.

[Lurking Libertarian]

2.6 MYA would certainly be older than homo sapiens and neanderthals. So these would have been made by h. erectus? or ergaster?

Answering my own question: according to this time line, the likeliest species to have been making tools 2.6 million years ago would be homo habilis.