Remarkable discovery. Ethiopia. 1.2 million. Unknown hominid. This first article has photos that show the embankment and setting. Really a sight, and site, to behold. Click on photo for caption. 578 pieces.
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This article has a closeup of one of the hand axes.
“Reporting on the latest findings from the Melka Kunture archaeological site in Ethiopia, a team of researchers has described the discovery of an obsidian handaxe workshop within a layer of sediment dated to 1.2 million years ago. This represents a staggeringly early example of obsidian shaping, and, according to the study authors, is the only handaxe factory ever dated to the Early Pleistocene.”
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This article has a closeup of one of the hand axes.
“Reporting on the latest findings from the Melka Kunture archaeological site in Ethiopia, a team of researchers has described the discovery of an obsidian handaxe workshop within a layer of sediment dated to 1.2 million years ago. This represents a staggeringly early example of obsidian shaping, and, according to the study authors, is the only handaxe factory ever dated to the Early Pleistocene.”
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