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430,000-Year-Old Stone Tools in Greece Reveal Early Human Butchery Techniques
Ancient stone tools found in Greece reveal early human butchery skills from 430,000 years ago. Credit: Dalila De Caro / CC BY 4.0 Ancient stone tools unearthed in southern Greece are providing new insight into early human butchery practices nearly half a million years ago. Researchers report that the tools found alongside animal remains at an open-air site known as Marathousa 1 indicate that early humans employed a variety of cutting techniques …
Small tools, big animals: 430,000-year-old butchery investigated in new study
An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site in the Greek Megalopolis Basin, researchers not only found numerous stone tools that provide clues to human behavior but also remains of the extinct straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus.
Hominids who lived in today's Greece 430,000 years ago produced sharp lacquers needed to cut meat with a variety of techniques. ...
An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site in Greece's Megalopolis Basin, researchers not only found numerous stone tools that provide evidence of early human behavior, but also remains of the extinct forest elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus. The study, led by the Senckenberg Centre for Human E…
Small Tools, Big Animals: 430,000-year-old Butchery Investigated
2.07.2025 - An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site in the Greek Megalopolis Basin, researchers not only found numerous stone tools that provide clues to human behavior but also remains of the extinct straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon a
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