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700,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Strengthens Evidence of Early Human Presence in Northeastern Iran
A quartz chopper discovered along the Kashafrud River in northeastern Iran has been dated to approximately 700,000 years ago, offering one of the earliest known examples of human activity in the region. The tool, attributed to the Lower Paleolithic period, was uncovered during geological surveys conducted between 1974 and 1975 near the villages of Abravan,…
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1 Million-Year-Old Stone Spheres: Were They Hominin’s Hidden Tools?
A new study conducted in the Melka Kunture region of Ethiopia reveals that naturally occurring basalt spheres may have been used as tools by early hominins for over 1 million years. Dr. Margherita Mussi’s work, published in Quaternary International, sheds light on the role of these mysterious stones in the lives of our early human…