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Ancient Toolmakers and Elephant Trails: Scientists Solve Mystery of Paleolithic Quarry Sites


Researchers at Tel Aviv University have solved the puzzle of why Homo erectus returned to specific Paleolithic stone quarrying and tool-making sites repeatedly over hundreds of thousands of years. It turns out that these locations were strategically chosen along the migration paths of elephants, whi

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