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80,000-year-old stone blades discovered in Southern Arabia

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An international team of researchers led by Knut Bretzke of Friedrich Schiller University Jena uncovered 80,000-year-old stone blades at the rock shelter site of Jebel Faya in the Emirate of Sharjah. The discovery of the oldest evidence to date of the systematic production of stone blades on the Arabian Peninsula marks a significant advancement in the understanding of prehistoric human technology in the region. This discovery provides new insigh…

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Oldest Stone Blade Production in Arabia - Archaeology Magazine

Drawing of stone blades found at Jebel Faya AL MADAM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES––According to a La Brújula Verde report, an international team of researchers led by Knut Bretzke of Friedrich Schiller University Jena uncovered 80,000-year-old stone blades at the rock shelter site of Jebel Faya in the Emirate of Sharjah. The assemblage of long narrow flakes with parallel edges was dated using luminescence technology and represents the oldest systematic…

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