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Acheulean
A new age for ‘Ubeidiya
The earliest Acheulean artifacts in Eurasia may be closely connected to their development in Africa.
May 9
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Ancient handaxes made from geodes
New work describes exceptional artifacts from the Sakhnin valley of Israel.
Mar 31
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Pounding water chestnuts on Jordan's ancient banks
New research highlights starch grains from many kinds of plants that were processed by pounding tools at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov.
Feb 28, 2025
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Why did the ancients make gigantic handaxes?
Looking at new research on the distribution and function of curiously large bifacial tools
Apr 28, 2024
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Homo erectus keeps getting older
New work from Melka Kunture, Ethiopia, shows the Garba IVE infant jaw is one of the oldest individuals of this longest-lasting hominin species.
Oct 13, 2023
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Bison bones show butchery practices 400,000 years ago
In the Gran Dolina cave site, ancient people left a bone bed of bison killed in two seasons and butchered at the site with expedient tools.
Nov 20, 2022
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Did the Middle Stone Age make any difference for hunters?
Reading a meta-analysis of faunal data by Geoff Smith and coworkers that concludes that all Middle Pleistocene African peoples hunted the same prey…
Apr 22, 2020
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Did Acheulean hominins have long-distance obsidian trade?
I review several papers looking into the occurrence of obsidian artifacts in the Acheulean of eastern Ethiopia.
Dec 23, 2019
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Remarkable preservation of an Acheulean campsite at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov
My notes on a publication describing evidence for cooking and eating fish, crabs, and plants
Dec 18, 2009
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