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.

Show threadElias Mårtenson
@JenWojcik Do you happen to know if its known whether the people who did this are direct ancestors of modern humans, or could there have been more branches (like the Neanderthals much later).
Jan 30, 2023 at 6:34amWeb
Show threadTheJenJan 30, 2023
@loke There is no information on this aspect of the find.