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It includes sites where compelling evidence of hominin tool use has been found, even if no actual tools have been found. Stone tools preserve more readily than tools of many other materials. [1] [2] So the oldest tools that we can find in many areas are going to be stone tools. It could be that these tools were once accompanied by, or even ...
The oldest known Oldowan tools were found in Gona, Ethiopia. These are dated to about 2.6 mya. [43] Early examples of hand axes date back to 1.6 mya in the later Oldowan (Mode I), called the "developed Oldowan" by Mary Leakey. [44] These hand axes became more abundant in mode II Acheulean industries that appeared in Southern Ethiopia around 1.4 ...
It was the longest-used tool of human history. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to prehistoric technology. Prehistoric technology – technology that predates recorded history. History is the study of the past using written records; it is also the record itself.
The following is a list of the world's oldest surviving physical documents. Each entry is the most ancient of each language or civilization. For example, the Narmer Palette may be the most ancient from Egypt, but there are many other surviving written documents from Egypt later than the Narmer Palette but still more ancient than the Missal of Silos.
It introduces the ASF file format, which allows storage of multiple video and audio tracks inside a single file. It also introduces Windows Media streaming protocols that support switching streams during broadcast. This technology is most commonly referred to as Multiple Bit Rate ASF, or simply MBR. [12] 1999 June Technology
Archaeologists uncovered a 480-year-old gun in Arizona. It’s now considered the oldest firearm ever found within the continental United States.
Spearheads were found by a local artifact collector in Sharon Center, Ohio.From 1990 to 1993, the site was excavated by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.Dr. David Brose, the former Curator of Archaeology, found the spearheads were in the style of Clovis points of the Paleo-Indians and "some of the oldest certain examples of human activity in the New World."
1,200-year-old canoe found in Wisconsin lake, officials say. ‘A remarkable artifact’ 2,600-year-old blocks of cheese found in pottery at pyramid in Egypt, archaeologists say