Stone tool (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Stone tool" in Simple English language version.

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bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; Simple English: 7^th place)

Morelle, Rebecca 2015. Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans. BBC News Science & Environment. [2]

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; Simple English: 2^nd place)

Aldenderfer, Mark; Andrea, Alfred J.; McGeough, Kevin; Mierse, William E.; Neel, Carolyn (29 April 2010). World History Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-85109-929-0. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

bradshawfoundation.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

Foundation, Bradshaw. "Stone Tools in the Fossil Record". Bradshaw Foundation. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
Foundation, Bradshaw. "Stone Tools in the Fossil Record". Bradshaw Foundation. Retrieved 2025-12-05.

britannica.com (Global: 40^th place; Simple English: 12^th place)

"Acheulean industry | Tools, Timeline, Culture, & Facts | Britannica". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-12-05.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Mussi, Margherita; Skinner, Matthew M.; Melis, Rita T.; Panera, Joaquín; Rubio-Jara, Susana; Davies, Thomas W.; Geraads, Denis; Bocherens, Hervé; Briatico, Giuseppe; Le Cabec, Adeline; Hublin, Jean-Jacques (2023-11-10). "Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools". Science. 382 (6671): 713–718. doi:10.1126/science.add9115.
Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Richter, Daniel; Grün, Rainer; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Steele, Teresa E.; Amani, Fethi; Rué, Mathieu; Fernandes, Paul; Raynal, Jean-Paul; Geraads, Denis (2017-06-07). "The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age". Nature. 546 (7657): 293–296. Bibcode:2017Natur.546..293R. doi:10.1038/nature22335. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28593967. S2CID 205255853.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; Simple English: 14^th place)

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Richter, Daniel; Grün, Rainer; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Steele, Teresa E.; Amani, Fethi; Rué, Mathieu; Fernandes, Paul; Raynal, Jean-Paul; Geraads, Denis (2017-06-07). "The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age". Nature. 546 (7657): 293–296. Bibcode:2017Natur.546..293R. doi:10.1038/nature22335. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28593967. S2CID 205255853.

missouri.edu (Global: 3,342^nd place; Simple English: 1,078^th place)

anthromuseum.missouri.edu

"Oldowan and Acheulean Stone Tools | Museum of Anthropology - Museum of Anthropology". anthromuseum.missouri.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

nature.com (Global: 234^th place; Simple English: 139^th place)

Harmand, Sonia et al 2015. 3.3-million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana, Kenya. Nature 521, 310–315. [1]

nih.gov (Global: 4^th place; Simple English: 6^th place)

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Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Richter, Daniel; Grün, Rainer; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Steele, Teresa E.; Amani, Fethi; Rué, Mathieu; Fernandes, Paul; Raynal, Jean-Paul; Geraads, Denis (2017-06-07). "The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age". Nature. 546 (7657): 293–296. Bibcode:2017Natur.546..293R. doi:10.1038/nature22335. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28593967. S2CID 205255853.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

science.org (Global: 1,160^th place; Simple English: 1,703^rd place)

Mussi, Margherita; Skinner, Matthew M.; Melis, Rita T.; Panera, Joaquín; Rubio-Jara, Susana; Davies, Thomas W.; Geraads, Denis; Bocherens, Hervé; Briatico, Giuseppe; Le Cabec, Adeline; Hublin, Jean-Jacques (2023-11-10). "Early Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools". Science. 382 (6671): 713–718. doi:10.1126/science.add9115.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; Simple English: 9^th place)

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Richter, Daniel; Grün, Rainer; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Steele, Teresa E.; Amani, Fethi; Rué, Mathieu; Fernandes, Paul; Raynal, Jean-Paul; Geraads, Denis (2017-06-07). "The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age". Nature. 546 (7657): 293–296. Bibcode:2017Natur.546..293R. doi:10.1038/nature22335. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28593967. S2CID 205255853.

si.edu (Global: 340^th place; Simple English: 208^th place)

"2.9-Million-Year-Old Butchery Site Reopens Case of Who Made First Stone Tools". www.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-05.

stonetoolsmuseum.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"Acheulean Industry". Museum of Stone Tools. Retrieved 2025-12-06.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; Simple English: 5^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Semaw, Sileshi; Rogers, Michael J.; Simpson, Scott W.; Levin, Naomi E.; Quade, Jay; Dunbar, Nelia; McIntosh, William C.; Cáceres, Isabel; Stinchcomb, Gary E.; Holloway, Ralph L.; Brown, Francis H. (March 2020). "Co-occurrence of Acheulian and Oldowan artifacts with Homo erectus cranial fossils from Gona, Afar, Ethiopia". Science Advances. 6 (10): eaaw4694. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw4694. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 7056306. PMID 32181331.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
Richter, Daniel; Grün, Rainer; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Steele, Teresa E.; Amani, Fethi; Rué, Mathieu; Fernandes, Paul; Raynal, Jean-Paul; Geraads, Denis (2017-06-07). "The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age". Nature. 546 (7657): 293–296. Bibcode:2017Natur.546..293R. doi:10.1038/nature22335. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28593967. S2CID 205255853.

worldhistory.org (Global: 2,220^th place; Simple English: 5,192^nd place)

Rotheimer, Ralf (2020-07-13). "Oldowan Tools". World History Encyclopedia.

Stone tool (Simple English Wikipedia)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8th place; Simple English: 7th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; Simple English: 2nd place)

bradshawfoundation.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

britannica.com (Global: 40th place; Simple English: 12th place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; Simple English: 3rd place)

harvard.edu (Global: 18th place; Simple English: 14th place)