Million-year-old axe factory found under Moroccan quarry

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The Stone Age find pushes back the start date of the Acheulian stone tool industry — associated with human ancestor Homo erectus — by hundreds of thousands of years.

Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa's oldest hand axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years.Before the find, the Acheulian stone tool industry in Morocco was thought to date back 700,000 yearsResearchers say the study also makes it possible to identify the oldest presence of humans in Morocco

The 17-strong team behind the discovery comprised Moroccan, French and Italian researchers, and their finding is based on the study of stone tools extracted from the site.Researchers say the finds show the earliest humans were designing and shaping tools to fit specific needs. Research at the Casablanca site has been carried out for decades, and has "delivered one of the richest Acheulian assemblages in Africa," Mr Mohib said.

 

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Fantastic. I would much rather my taxes were used to train & pay these women & men to grub around in the dirt than for the military to do so.

My uncle has an original. It has only had 3,400 new heads and 5,600 new handles.

The more old axe factory's the find the more i belive that Adam and Eve cut down the whole orchard climatechangenewpeooleoldstory

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