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Prehistoric Human Populations Shifted East at the End of the Ice Age
Learn why drastic drops in temperature sent European hunter-gathers in search of a warmer place to live.
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Stone Tools Discovered in China Resemble Neanderthal Technology Used in Europe, Creating a Middle Stone Age Mystery
During the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups ...
Stone tool discovery shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...
50,000-Year-Old Tools Found in China Could Point to Unknown Human Ancestor
Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...
Discovery of Quina technology challenges view of ancient human development in East Asia
While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a ...
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Stone Scrapers Found in China Shift Ideas on Paleolithic Tool Development
Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward. New findings challenge that assumption ...
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Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were ... in Europe and Africa were inventing new tools during this period, people of East Asia stuck to only the most basic tools that remained ...