New Research Explores Decision-Making Processes of Early Hominin Tool-Makers

Paleoanthropologists have characterized the properties of raw stone materials that were selected and used by Early Pleistocene tool-makers at an Acheulian site in the Ethiopian Highlands between 1.6 and 1 million years ago. The post New Research Explores Decision-Making Processes of Early Hominin Tool-Makers appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Jan 15, 2025 - 12:15
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New Research Explores Decision-Making Processes of Early Hominin Tool-Makers
Handaxes made on side-struck flakes (a-c) and Kombewa flakes (d-f) from Melka Wakena, Ethiopia. Image credit: Tegenu Gossa & Erella Hovers, doi: 10.1007/s12520-024-02072-8.

Paleoanthropologists have characterized the properties of raw stone materials that were selected and used by Early Pleistocene tool-makers at an Acheulian site in the Ethiopian Highlands between 1.6 and 1 million years ago.

The post New Research Explores Decision-Making Processes of Early Hominin Tool-Makers appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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