Stone age hunter-gatherers' 'paradise' discovered next to major Israeli road

Archaeologists find hundreds of hand-axes used by early humans over half a million years ago at Jaljulia, north-east of Tel AvivIsraeli archaeologists have uncovered next to one of the country ’s busiest roads the site of an extraordinarily well preserved prehistoric “paradise” used by stone age hunter-gatherers over half a million years ago, who left behind evidence of hundreds of knapped flint hand-axes.The discovery at about a five-metre depth at Jaljulia, near the town of Kfar Saba, suggests that an extinct species of early human -homo erectus– may have returned to the site repeatedly, perhaps attracted by a water source and abundant game, leaving behind evidence of their primitive stone tools.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Israel Archaeology Middle East and North Africa Science World news Source Type: news