TheJenHOLY SHIT Y'ALL!
Scientists have found an obsidian tool making "workshop" which dates to 1.2 MILLION YEARS AGO in Ethiopia.
This pushes this type of tool making back 500,000 years.
WOOOOOOOOOOOW
Syd@JenWojcik how reputable is this source?
Robert MacAnthony@Sydney @JenWojcik the cited article is in Nature, which is very reputable. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01970-1
A surge in obsidian exploitation more than 1.2 million years ago at Simbiro III (Melka Kunture, Upper Awash, Ethiopia) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors report a specialized obsidian handaxe workshop at the site of Simbiro III in Ethiopia, suggesting that hominins more than 1.2 million years ago took advantage of opportunities provided by changing environmental conditions.
@rmacanthony @JenWojcik Thanks! cool