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Populations of ancient humans using Acheulean stone toolkits persisted in India until about 1,77,000 years ago, shortly before the earliest expansions of our own species, Homo sa
New dating of an archaeological site in the Thar Desert to 177,000 years ago shows the use of stone handaxes persisted for over 1 million years in India, and may have endured until the arrival of Homo sapiens The longest lasting tool-making.