
Slice and dice: Human groups in the Levant 500,000 years ago used tiny, flint “surgical” tools to butcher elephants
The Acheulian culture endured in the Levant for over a million years during the Lower Paleolithic period (1.4 million to 400,000 years ago). Its use of bifaces or large cutting tools like hand axes and cleavers is considered a hallmark of its sophistication — or, some researchers would argue, the lack thereof. A new Tel… Read More