New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began ...
The research has revealed that the lithic artifacts found at the site were preserved within sedimentary colluvium accumulated over a long period in an ancient valley. This is a significant discovery ...
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Archaeologist Discovers a Hoard of Paleolithic Artifacts From Ancient Lake, Most Notable Are 1,500-Yr-Old Hand AxesArchaeologist Discovers a Hoard of Paleolithic Artifacts From Ancient Lake, Most Notable Are 1,500-Yr-Old Hand Axes In 2024, ...
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Ancient Objects From 50,000 Years Ago Reveal Mysterious SymbolsThe tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some ...
Historically, the interpretation of incisions on lithic artifacts from the Middle Paleolithic has been a subject of debate. To date, many archaeologists attributed these marks to functional uses, ...
A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...
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Hundreds of Stone Age objects found during pilot excavation stun explorersFocusing on an area where a large lake was once situated during the Pleistocene, archaeologists found a wealth of material ...
A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...
The researchers used 3D surface analysis to distinguish geometric engravings from functional marks, highlighting the ...
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