Huge Prehistoric 'Picnic Spot' From Half a Million Years Ago Found in Israel
Archaeologists excavating an ancient river bed in Israel have uncovered a vast prehistoric site where, half a million years ago, early humans created a hoard of elaborate flint tools that suggest their cognitive abilities were much closer to our own than previously thought.
Hundreds of thousands of artifacts have emerged since archeologists first stumbled upon the site last year while surveying an area slated a new neighborhood in the nearby Arab-Israeli town of Jaljulia.
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