[Sciotecha] Tools 'may be 250,000 years old'
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Frimlin
Mar 8, 2006, 7:02:09 PM3/8/06
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Stone tools found at one of the South's most important early prehistoric sites could date back 250,000 years, archaeologists claim.
The historic finds were uncovered at a former gravel quarry on the Isle of Wight during digs last summer.
Flint axes found near Great Pan Farm, Newport, are thought to be of the sort used by Neanderthal man. Elephant teeth from the same period were also found.
Specialists are now to carry out further investigations of the site.
Only part of the text from this article have been posted -- read more @ BBC Science News.
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Posted by Frimlin to Sciotecha at 3/09/2006 12:00:00 AM
Stone tools found at one of the South's most important early prehistoric sites could date back 250,000 years, archaeologists claim.
The historic finds were uncovered at a former gravel quarry on the Isle of Wight during digs last summer.
Flint axes found near Great Pan Farm, Newport, are thought to be of the sort used by Neanderthal man. Elephant teeth from the same period were also found.
Specialists are now to carry out further investigations of the site.
Only part of the text from this article have been posted -- read more @ BBC Science News.
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Posted by Frimlin to Sciotecha at 3/09/2006 12:00:00 AM
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