A new study from Tel Aviv University identified the earliest appearance worldwide of special stone tools, used 400,000 years ago to process fallow deer. The tools, called Quina scrapers (after the site in France where they were first discovered), were unearthed at the prehistoric sites of Jaljulia and Qesem Cave. They are characterized by a … Read more
The 1 million-square-mile Tibetan Plateau—often called the “roof of the world”—is the highest landmass in the world, averaging 14,000 feet in altitude. Despite the extreme environment, humans have been permanent inhabitants there since prehistoric times. Farming and herding play major roles in the economy of the Tibetan Plateau today—as they have throughout history. To make … Read more
A research team, led by the Nagoya University Museum and Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Japan, has brought clarity to the distinctions in the physical attributes of rocks utilized by early humans during the Paleolithic era. Their findings challenge the notion that humans chose rocks solely based on ease of detachment, indicating a more … Read more