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Study finds early humans quarried stone 200,000 years ago

Study finds early humans quarried stone 200,000 years ago

Early humans were quarrying stone in southern Africa over 200,000 years ago, reveals new research. People quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out thousands of years earlier than previously thought, say scientists. An international team, led by researchers from the University of Tübingen in Germany,

Carvings made 40,000 years ago were ‘precursor’ to written word

Carvings made 40,000 years ago were ‘precursor’ to written word

By Stephen Beech Carvings made on tools and sculptures over 40,000 years ago were a "precursor" to written language, suggests new research. Stone Age sign sequences have the same level of complexity and information density as the earliest proto-cuneiform script that emerged tens of thousands of