Around 13,000 years ago, during the last Ice Age, early humans faced the daunting task of hunting massive creatures like mammoths, mastodons, and saber-toothed cats. The common belief was that these prehistoric hunters used intricately crafted stone-tipped spears, known as Clovis points, to ambush and take down these formidable animals. However, new research from archaeologists […]
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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 – […]
