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Lomekwi is an archaeological site located on the west bank of Turkana Lake in Kenya.It is an important milestone in the history of human archaeology. An archaeological team from Stony Brook University in the United States discovered traces of Lomekwi by chance in July 2011, and made substantial progress four years after in-depth excavations.
Stone tools found from 2011 to 2014 at the Lomekwi archeology site near Lake Turkana in Kenya, are dated to be 3.3 million years old, and predate the genus Homo by about one million years. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The oldest known Homo fossil is about 2.4–2.3 million years old compared to the 3.3 million year old stone tools. [ 7 ]
Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used them is a mystery. In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers.
An Acheulean handaxe approximately 12 cm in height, similar to those found at Kariandusi Acheulean hand-axes made of obsidian and trachyte from the Kariandusi Museum in Kenya When this site was discovered and initially researched, the finds were sent to museums all around the world (as was common at the time).
Archaeologists working in Kenya took a wrong turn while out in the desert which resulted in the discovery of the oldest stone tools known to date. Archaeologists working in Kenya took a wrong turn ...
The Great Rift Valley of Africa provides critical evidence for the evolution of early hominins.The earliest tools in the world can be found there as well: An unidentified hominin, possibly Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus platyops, created stone tools dating to 3.3 million years ago at Lomekwi in the Turkana Basin, eastern Africa.
Harris and Bishop separate the materials found into three main categories. Tools from the Developed Oldowan industry have been found in the Chemoigut Formation. The surface of the Chesowanja Formation is known for its Acheulian industry. And lastly, the Mukutan Beds were home to later stone industry tools, obsidian tools, and pottery.
The earliest stone tools to date have been found at the site of Lomekwi 3 (LOM3) in Kenya and they have been dated to around 3.3 million years ago. [1] The archaeological record of lithic technology is divided into three major time periods: the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age), and Neolithic (New Stone Age). Not all ...