An early and enduring advanced technology originating 71,000 years ago in South Africa

Kyle S. Brown, Curtis W. Marean (), Zenobia Jacobs, Benjamin J. Schoville, Simen Oestmo, Erich C. Fisher, Jocelyn Bernatchez, Panagiotis Karkanas and Thalassa Matthews
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Kyle S. Brown: University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
Curtis W. Marean: Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
Zenobia Jacobs: Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong 2522, Australia
Benjamin J. Schoville: Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
Simen Oestmo: Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
Erich C. Fisher: Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
Jocelyn Bernatchez: Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, PO Box 872402, Arizona State University
Panagiotis Karkanas: Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology-Speleology of Southern Greece, Ardittou 34b, 11636 Athens, Greece
Thalassa Matthews: Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town 8000, South Africa

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7425, 590-593

Abstract: This study shows that a highly advanced stone tool technology (microlithic) appears earlier than originally thought; this microlithic technology persisted over a vast time span (∼11,000 years), and was part of an even longer-lived (>100,000 years) advanced technology of complex heat treatment.

Date: 2012
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