Posted on 07/29/2021 7:42:14 PM PDT by blueplum
Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa’s oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years, an international team reported on Wednesday.
The find pushes back by hundreds of thousands of years the start date in North Africa of the Acheulian stone tool industry associated with a key human ancestor, Homo erectus, researchers on the team told journalists in Rabat
Before the find, the presence in Morocco of the Acheulian stone tool industry was thought to date back 700,000 years.
New finds at the Thomas Quarry I site, first made famous in 1969 when a human half mandible was discovered in a cave, mean the Acheulian there is almost twice as old.
The 17-strong team behind the discovery comprised Moroccan, French and Italian researchers, and their finding is based on the study of stone tools extracted from the site.
Moroccan archaeologist Abdelouahed Ben Ncer called the news a “chronological rebound”.
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Oh BS!
How could they know it’s over a MILLION years old?
Al Jazerra…
Got anything from Debka?
funny!
1.3 million years? Is that the age of the stone, or the age when it was fabricated into a weapon or tool of some kind? Something doesn’t add up but I am no archaeologist or anthropologist. But 1.3 million years ago would be way way before Neanderthal man. You’re talking Homo Erectus era. No pun intended.
Right next to it they found a stone jug of milk that had an expiration date on it.
Trash left behind by aliens.
Homo erect
How do they know it wasn’t made by Homo habilis?
Radiometric dating. :-)
It could be worse for the orthodox crowd: https://www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Archeology-Hidden-History-Human/dp/0892132949/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1I04IA0Z7D71A&dchild=1&keywords=forbidden+archeology+by+michael+cremo&qid=1627614444&s=books&sprefix=forbidden+ar%2Cappliances%2C207&sr=1-1
Al Jazeera is generally better than American media these days.
you’d prefer The Guardian?
How about Jordan?
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/region/morocco%C2%A0team-announces-major-stone-age-find
They all axed for you... PING
Man that's disgusting. Can't you people just keep that stuff to yourselves?
I knew I was in for some of that... I mean... well... ummm...
Ha... That is what I was thinking about.
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