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#Homoergaster is an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Africa in the #EarlyPleistocene. Whether H. ergaster constitutes a species of its own or should be subsumed into H. erectus is an ongoing and unresolved dispute within

michael Jul 12, 2024

11-JUL-2024
UMA scientists find a natural quicksand trap dated to more than one million years ago in the ‘elephant graveyard’ of Orce
Located at Fuente Nueva-3, this #EarlyPleistocene site contains some of the earliest evidence of human presence in Western Europe

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1051059 #science #fossils #paleontology

UMA scientists find a natural quicksand trap dated to more than one million years ago in the ‘elephant graveyard’ of Orce

Scientists at the University of Malaga have shown in an unprecedented way how the so-called ‘elephant graveyard’ of the Early Pleistocene archaeological site of Orce –name given due to the amount of remains of the extinct elephant species Mammuthus meridionalis that it contained– hid a natural trap in quicksands.

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Matt Willemsen Mar 10, 2024

Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China
https://scitechdaily.com/redefining-human-history-scientists-uncover-advanced-1-1-million-year-old-tools-in-china/ #archaeology #china #hominin #EarlyPleistocene #ToolMaking #cores

Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China

A new study from the Nihewan basin of China has revealed that hominins who possessed advanced knapping abilities equivalent to Mode 2 technological features occupied East Asia as early as 1.1 million years ago (Ma), which is 0.3 Ma earlier than the date associated with the first handaxes found in Ea

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