I bought at an auction a certified 80,000 year old Neanderthal stone "knife/scraper" found in southern France.
It is pretty awsome holding something in your hand that was made 80,000 years ago.
I wonder how come these folks aren't considered?
"Over the past few years, researchers working at a site called Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia have unearthed a trove of spectacularly well preserved human fossils, stone tools and animal remains dated to around 1.75 million years ago--nearly half a million years older than the 'Ubeidiya remains. "