Investigating Early Hominin Tool-making in East Asia: Insights from the Nihewan Basin
New research challenges conventional timelines of technological evolution
Unveiling Early Hominin Technological Complexity
A groundbreaking study led by Prof. Pei Shuwen and Prof. Ignacio de la Torre sheds light on the tool-making abilities of hominins in East Asia. Published in PNAS1, the research suggests that hominins in the Nihewan basin of China possessed advanced knapping abilities comparable to Mode 2 technological featu…
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