Stone tools unearthed in Ukraine were last used 1.4 million years ago, according to research that dated the tools using particles inside rock made by cosmic rays.
Stone tools unearthed in a quarry in Ukraine belonged to ancient humans who used them more than a million years ago, according to new research. The fresh dating analysis of the artifacts reveals the earliest known presence of hominins in Europe, said Roman Garba, an archaeologist at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. The first humans to inhabit Europe made their way from east to west, the report also suggested.
The soil is also acidic, which can accelerate decomposition of artifacts, Garba said. It’s not clear what species of early human would have occupied the site at that time, but the study suggested it would have been Homo erectus. Scientists believe the extinct species to be the first hominin to have left Africa and walk with a fully upright gait. The earliest human fossils unearthed in Europe are from the Atapuerca site in Spain and date back 1.1 million years, according to the study.
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