Assassination is one of the oldest tools of power politics.

Rock art of the " Round Head " style, found in the Ennedi region, has been dated to before the 7th millennium BC and, because of the tools with which the rocks were carved and the scenes they depict, may represent the oldest evidence in the Sahara of Neolithic industries.

The oldest known tools are the " Oldowan stone tools " from Ethiopia, 2. 5-2. 6 million years old, which predates the earliest known " Homo " species.

The oldest is Yiron in the northern portion of the Israeli Rift, with flint artifacts in a fluviatile deposit below a basalt layer dated at 2. 4 million years old, the oldest stone tools found anywhere outside Africa.

In 2007 analysis of cut marks on two bovid bones found in Sangiran, showed them to have been made 1. 5 to 1. 6 million years ago by clamshell tools, and is the oldest evidence for the presence of early man in Indonesia.

In 2010 stone tools were discovered on Flores dating from 1 million years ago, which is the oldest evidence anywhere in the world that early man had the technology to make sea crossings at this very early time.

Modern Awash River, Ethiopia, descendant of the Palaeo-Awash, source of the sediments in which the oldest Stone Age tools have been found

The oldest known stone tools have been excavated from several sites at Gona, Ethiopia, on the sediments of the paleo-Awash River, which serve to date them.

The oldest sites containing tools are dated to 2. 6-2. 55 mya.

Fragments of Australopithecus garhi, Australopithecus aethiopicus and Homo, possibly Homo habilis, have been found in sites near the age of the oldest tools.

Tanzania is home to some of the oldest human settlements unearthed by archaeologists, including stone tools and fossils of hominids found in and around Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania, an area often referred to as " The Cradle of Mankind ".

More importantly in 1931 Louis Leakey discovered older more primitive stone tools in Olduvai Gorge — these were the first examples of the oldest human technology ever discovered in Africa, subsequently known throughout the world as Oldowan after Olduvai Gorge.

The oldest habitation discovered in the Philippines is located at the Tabon Caves and dates back to approximately 50, 000 years ; while items there found such as burial jars, earthenware, jade ornaments and other jewelry, stone tools, animal bones, and human fossils dating back to 47, 000 years ago.

The oldest artifacts are chipped-pebble tools of a Paleolithic culture found in four caves in Changbin, Taitung, dated 15, 000 to 5, 000 years ago, and similar to contemporary sites in Fujian.

In 2005, during the construction of a tunnel for one of the city's railway lines, a prehistoric site was found in the Park of Vallparadís, with stone tools and fossils of hunted animals dating back 800, 000 to 1, 000, 000 years, making this is one of the oldest prehistoric sites in Europe.

* Clovis point, the oldest flint tools associated with the North American Clovis culture

The antiquity of these tools is well documented in early literature, such as the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus of ~ 1550 BCE ( the oldest preserved piece of medical literature ) and the Old Testament ( Numbers 11: 8 and Proverbs 27: 22 ).

In 2009, a team of archaeologists announced that they likely discovered — at the Sunabara Remains in Taki-chō, Izumo City — the oldest stone tools ever found in Japan.

Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5, 000 years ago in Persia.

The oldest relics are stone tools found on a rock ridge outside Frank, Alberta, from the Clovis culture, 11, 000 years before present.

A 10, 400 year old settlement – the oldest within the city – was excavated in the Digbeth area in 2009, with evidence that hunter-gatherers with basic flint tools had cleared an area of forest by burning.

The oldest currently known Oldowan tools have been found in Gona, Ethiopia.

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Meanwhile, after 24 years in the Senate, Rhode Island's durable Democrat Theodore Francis Greene -- having walked, swum and cerebrated himself to the hearty age of 93 -- left that august body ( voluntarily, because he could surely have been re-elected had he chosen to run again last November ), as the oldest man ever to serve in the Senate.

In August 2012, two mites preserved in amber were determined to be the oldest animals ever to have been found in the substance ; the mites are 230 million years old and were discovered in north-eastern Italy.

The area now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo was populated as early as 80, 000 years ago, as shown by the 1988 discovery of the Semliki harpoon at Katanda, one of the oldest barbed harpoons ever found, and which is believed to have been used to catch giant river catfish.

Dino Zoff ( born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli ) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.

However, Zoff's greatest feat came in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he captained Italy to victory in the tournament at the age of 40, making him the oldest ever winner of the World Cup.

Zoff is also the oldest player ever to have won the trophy.

With its debut at No. 9, Day made history, becoming the oldest female artist to ever have had a top ten album on the Top 40 Official UK Album chart.

* 2007 – Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.

These remains are among the oldest hominid remains ever found.

The oldest flute ever discovered may be a fragment of the femur of a juvenile cave bear, with two to four holes, found at Divje Babe in Slovenia and dated to about 43, 000 years ago.

Skipper Jack McKeon became the oldest manager ever to win a World Series title.

Among finds is the net of Antrea, the oldest fishing net known ever to have been excavated ( calibrated carbon dating: c. 8300 BCE ).

Fossilised remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the " Java Man " were first discovered by the Dutch anatomist Eugène Dubois at Trinil in 1891, and are at least 700, 000 years old, at that time the oldest human ancestor ever found.

* 1981 – Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U. S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.

The Katzenjammer Kids is still distributed by King Features, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication and the longest-running ever.

At 39, he was one of the oldest players ever to play for Liverpool.

In 1991 a hominin jawbone was discovered near Uraha village that was between 2. 3 and 2. 5 million years old, the oldest evidence of the genus Homo ever discovered.

One of the oldest written fragments of the language ever found dates back to the year 960, in an official text that was mixed with Latin:

He left office at the age of 71 years, one month and 26 days, making him the oldest person ever to be Prime Minister.

He became the oldest player ever to win this award, at age 42.

With his 2004 win, he joined Gaylord Perry, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez as the only pitchers to win it in both leagues and became the oldest pitcher to ever win the Cy Young.

At 38 years old, Elway became the oldest player ever to be named Super Bowl MVP.

Discovered by an international team led by Shannon McPherron, they are the oldest evidence of stone tool use ever found anywhere in the world.