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An additional 130 artifacts were found on the surface. In one instance, Harmand's team was able to match a flake to its core, suggesting a hominin had made and discarded the tool at the site. [2] The tools were generally quite large – larger than the oldest known stone tools, recovered in the Gona area of the Afar Region of Ethiopia, in 1992
It is one of the oldest known recreational artifacts ever found in Spain, researchers said. Ancient board game — dating back over 3,000 years — discovered in Spain. Take a look
The oldest human skeletal remains are the 40ky old Lake Mungo remains in New South Wales, but human ornaments discovered at Devil's Lair in Western Australia have been dated to 48 kya and artifacts at Madjedbebe in Northern Territory are dated to at least 50 kya, and to 62.1 ± 2.9 ka in one 2017 study. [26] [27] [28] [29]
Varna necropolis, grave offerings on exhibit at the Varna Museum. The site was accidentally discovered in October 1972 by excavator operator Raycho Marinov. The first person to value the significant historical meaning was Dimitar Zlatarski, the creator of the Dalgopol Historical Museum, when he was called by the locals to examine what they had found earlier that day.
The Kalambo structure is a Lower Palaeolithic wooden structure, of which two pieces have been uncovered along with other wooden tools. Discovered at the site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia, it is currently the oldest known wooden structure, [1] determined through luminescence dating to be at least 476,000 years old [1] and predating Homo sapiens.
Archaeologists uncovered a 480-year-old gun in Arizona. It’s now considered the oldest firearm ever found within the continental United States.
Göbekli Tepe is littered with flint artifacts, from the ridge-top site to the slopes. [84] The tool assemblage found resembles that of other Northern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic (settlement) sites. [85] In 1963, over 3,000 Neolithic tools were uncovered, the vast majority of excellent quality flint, only a handful of obsidian.
A firearm discovered in Arizona is what researchers believe to be the "oldest" ever found in the continental United States.. Excavations along the Santa Cruz River in Southern Arizona brought to ...