Ancient Secrets Unearthed: Whale Bones Reveal Humanity’s Earliest Tool-Making Mystery
“The most exciting thing for me,” Pétillon remarked to All That’s Interesting, “is to shed light on how much the sea, and the sea animals, might also have been important for the people at that time.”
After reading about the discovery of the oldest known whale bone tools in France and Spain, go inside the strange story of the exploding whale in Florence, Oregon. Or, learn about ambergris, the rare and valuable perfume ingredient that originates in the intestines of sperm whales.
