Hunter-gatherers were an important part of the development of the Mapungubwe Kingdom in southern Africa – a fact that history has tended to neglect.
In several other parts of the world, people used the bones of animals that were important within their respective cultures to make tools.
The Boxgrove people, like all other human species, were capable of sharing time, care and knowledge in all parts of their life.
Species-level identification of bone tools has been undertaken for the first time in southern Africa.