Emma Finestone
Associate Curator of Human Origins at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and researcher on early stone tool industries (Oldowan and Lomekwian), specializing in prehistoric archaeology and human evolution.
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Apr 23, 2026 • 46min
The First Tools
Dr Emma Finestone, Associate Curator of Human Origins and early stone tool specialist, walks through the dawn of stone technology. She contrasts Lomekwian and Oldowan tool types and techniques. She explains how sites are dated, how geochemistry traces stone sources, and why material choice and landscape shaped early tool use. She considers who might have made the first tools and how tool use became a lasting cultural practice.
