TheJenJan 28, 2023

HOLY 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

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zx77/archaeologists-discover-12-million-year-old-workshop-in-mind-blowing-find

Archaeologists Discover 1.2 Million-Year-Old 'Workshop' in Mind-Blowing Find

The discovery pushes the timeline of obsidian tool use back by an astonishing 500,000 years.

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@JenWojcik What’s odd is that means there were no advances in toolmaking in 500k years?
Jan 29, 2023 at 6:34pmWeb
Show threadTheJenJan 29, 2023

@GQB

No. It means they haven't found it yet.