More than a million years ago, on a warm and vibrant African savanna near Lake Turkana in what is now Kenya, two entirely different species of hominins shared the same geographic space. This discovery, the result of research by an international team led in part by a Rutgers University researcher, represents a key breakthrough in […]
Homo erectus
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Researchers Discover why Homo Erectus Repeatedly Visited the Same Quarries Over Hundreds of Thousands of Years
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have solved a longstanding mystery about the extensive prehistoric stone quarrying and tool-making sites found in the region. For hundreds of thousands of years, why did Homo erectus repeatedly visit the same locations to extract flint and craft stone tools? The answer lies in the migration patterns of elephants – […]
