Did Kenyapithecus utilise stones?

Abstract

Before the hypothesis that Kenyapithecus wickeri used stone tools for breaking open bones becomes widely accepted, we should examine the evidence upon which the original claims were made. In this respect it is concluded that the evidence for utilisation of a stone at Fort Ternan to cause depressed fractures in long bones and antelope skulls does not stand up to scrutiny. Therefore the evidence used in erecting the hypothesis is considered refuted, and it cannot be used as further support of the hypothesis. In other respects the hypothesis that K. wickeri used stones in the manner described is untestable, and it should therefore be dropped from the list of scientific hypotheses concerning Kenyapithecus.