Scientists Confirm Earliest Use of Fire and Oldest Stone Handaxe in Europe
Tue, May 1, 2018
New dating results affirm human occupation more than 800,000 years ago at Cueva Negra in Spain.
In a recently published paper* in the journal, Historical Biology, researchers report confirmation that sediments bearing early human cultural remains in the Cueva Negra del Estrecho del RÃo QuÃpar rockshelter in southeastern Spain are dated to over 800,000 years ago. The sediments include an Acheulean style stone handaxe and evidence for the use of fire within the rockshelter.
“We regard its age as quite likely between 865,000 and 810,000 years ago,†said Michael Walker of Spain’s Murcia University, a lead researcher on Cueva Negra.
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