At 350,000 Years: Diggers Find The Oldest Known Grinding Tool Used in Tabun Cave Published December 29th, 2020 - 07:37 GMT (Shutterstock)
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It is believed to be home to one of the longest periods of human occupation in the Levant.
Archaeologists believe they ve found the oldest known tool used for grinding or scraping, dating back some 350,000 years.
Found in the Tabun Cave in northern Israel, the implement is a cobble, a type of small rounded stone, and predates homo sapiens by at least 50,000 years.
Previously, such tools weren t thought to have been introduced until much later, approximately 200,000 years ago.
A reanalysis of a single stone tool found in Tabun Cave in northern Israel changes our entire thinking about part of our deep technological evolution https://t.co/21rDqHIyD6
Oldest ever tool used by early humans dating back 350,000 years is found in an Israeli cave By Dan Avery For Dailymail.com 18:07 28 Dec 2020, updated 18:11 28 Dec 2020
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Such implements were previously thought to be introduced 200,000 years ago
Homo sapiens only arrived on the scene 300,000 years ago
Made of dolemite, it was probably used by early hominids on soft animal hides
Archaeologists believe they ve found the oldest known tool used for grinding or scraping, dating back some 350,000 years.
Found in the Tabun Cave in northern Israel, the implement is a cobble, a type of small rounded stone, and predates homo sapiens by at least 50,000 years.
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