A 1.4-million-year-old bone handaxe from Konso, Ethiopia, shows advanced tool technology in the earl...
A 1.4-million-year-old bone handaxe from Konso, Ethiopia, shows advanced tool technology in the early Acheulean
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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In the past decade, the early Acheulean before 1 Mya has been a focus of active research. Acheulean lithic assemblages have been shown to extend back to ∼1.75 Mya, and considerable advances in core reduction technologies are seen by 1.5 to 1.4 Mya. Here we report a bifacially flaked bone fragment (maximum dimension ∼13 cm) of a hippopotamus femur f...
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A 1.4-million-year-old bone handaxe from Konso, Ethiopia, shows advanced tool technology in the early Acheulean
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7414090
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7414090
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.2006370117
