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Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving
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Date: December 04, 2014 03:53AM ..."The simple zigzag pattern, found on a fossilised shell from the Indonesian island of Java, has been dated to at least 430,000 years.
The find, reported in the journal Nature on Thursday, predates by some 300,000 years other markings, made by modern humans or Neanderthals, previously thought the oldest. The age and location of the shell suggests the pattern was carved by an even earlier human ancestor known as Homo erectus. “It rewrites human history,” said Dr Stephen Munro, the Australian National University palaeoanthropologist who made the find. It suggests Homo erectus had considerable manual dexterity and possibly greater cognitive abilities, and raises the prospect that they might have been more “human” than previously thought."... [www.news.com.au] [www.nature.com] Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2014 03:58AM by SueZ. Re: Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving
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Date: December 05, 2014 03:04PM Re: Homo erectus at Trinil on Java used shells for tool production and engraving
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Date: December 06, 2014 02:04PM error Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 12/06/2014 02:11PM by SueZ. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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