At the Paleolithic site of Medzhibozh in Ukraine, archaeologists identified ivory fragments shaped into tools nearly 400,000 years old. Previously, the oldest known ivory tools dated to around 120,000 ...

A new paper documents a 9,000-year-old quartz tool workshop and a fireplace at the Ravin Blanc X (RBX-1) site in eastern Senegal. The site captures a brief moment in the work of Later Stone Age (LSA) ...

View post: Disney's New Movie Rivals Sydney Sweeney's 'Christy' Atop List of 2025's Box Office Bombs The find was unearthed at the Ravin Blanc X site, located in Senegal’s Falémé Valley, which was ...

Excavation of the quartz knapping workshop. Credit: Pruvost C. et al / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists have uncovered 9,000-year-old artifacts in Senegal that are shedding new light on the last ...

A UNIGE team's discovery of a prehistoric workshop in Senegal sheds light on the little-known hunter-gatherer presence in West Africa. The Ravin Blanc X archaeological site (25 m²), discovered in 2017 ...

What do we know about the last hunter-gatherers who lived in West Africa? While these prehistoric populations have been extensively studied in Europe and Asia, their presence in this vast region — ...

What do we know about the last hunter-gatherers who lived in West Africa? While these prehistoric populations have been extensively studied in Europe and Asia, their presence in this vast ...

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