Oldest stone tool ever found in Turkey discovered | #Geology #GeologyPage Scientists have discovered the oldest recorded stone tool ever to be found in Turkey, revealing that humans passed through the gateway from Asia to Europe much earlier than previously thought, approximately 1.2 million years ago. According to research published in the journal Quaternary Science Reviews, the chance find of a humanly-worked quartzite flake, in ancient deposits of the river Gediz, in western Turkey, provides a major new insight into when and how early humans dispersed out of Africa and Asia. Read more : geologypage/2014/12/oldest-stone-tool-ever-found-in-turkey.html Geology Page geologypage
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:00:00 +0000
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