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The artifacts found at Longtan, southwest China, were as old as 60,000 years. Qijun Ruan

March 31, 2025

Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East

Ben Marwick, University of Washington

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with technology during the Middle Paleolithic era as those in other parts of the world.

Middle Palaeolithic artefacts emerged during excavation at Attirampakkam. Sharma Centre for Heritage Education, India

January 31, 2018

Indian stone tools could dramatically push back date when modern humans first left Africa

Patrick Randolph-Quinney, University of Lancashire

Modern humans could have left Africa shortly after evolving, making it to India in tens of thousands of years.

Ochre is still used throughout parts of Africa as a form of sunscreen. Its uses go back 285,000 years. Supplied

September 7, 2015

What the use of ochre tells us about the capabilities of our African ancestry

Tammy Hodgskiss, University of the Witwatersrand

Ochre has many uses. It can be used to shed information on the evolution of the modern mind.

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Tammy Hodgskiss
Curator at the Origins Centre Museum, University of the Witwatersrand
Patrick Randolph-Quinney
Associate Professor of Osteoarchaeology, Uppsala University
Ben Marwick
Professor of Archaeology, University of Washington

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