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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,…