The first technical sequences in human evolution from East Gona, Afar region, Ethiopia

Authors :: de Lumley, Henry
Barsky, Deborah
Moncel, Marie Helene
Carbonell, Eudald
Cauche, Dominique
Celiberti, Vincenzo
Notter, Olivier
Pleurdeau, David
Hong, Mi-Young
Rogers, Michael J.
Semaw, Sileshi
Source :: Antiquity. October, 2018, Vol. 92 Issue 365, p1151, 14 p.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: Gona in the Afar region of Ethiopia has yielded the earliest Oldowan stone tools in the world. Artefacts from the East Gona (EG) 10 site date back 2.6 million years. Analysis of the lithic assemblage from EG 10 reveals the earliest-known evidence for refitting and conjoining stone artefacts. This new information supplements data from other Oldowan sites in East Africa, and provides an important insight into the technological capacities and evolutionary development of hominins during this period.Keywords: Ethiopia, East Gona, Oldowan, knapping, refitting<br />IntroductionThe Gona archaeological sites in the Afar region of Ethiopia have produced the earliest-known Oldowan stone tools. Excavated materials from the East Gona (EG) sites 10 and 12 and the [...]

Subjects :: Anthropological research
Stone implements -- Discovery and exploration
Hominids -- Research
Anthropology/archeology/folklore

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