Ispectrum Magazine Ispectrum Magazine #03 | Page 49

Olduvai handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, about 1.2 million years old, Olduvai Gorge The Leakeys proved that it was. Sharpened stone tools are sort of hard to argue with when it comes to archaeology. Probably the most important discovery of all, Olduvai Gorge was instrumental in our understanding of early human evolution. It’s a palaeoanthropological site. Not only really That these old but really hard to spell. The site tools were made was the home of Homo habilis about from material 1.9 million years ago, then at 1.8 that came from home to Paranthropus boisei, and Homo erectus 1.2 million years ago, some nine miles away is thought to prove an increase in the abilso it’s a bit lived in. ity to think ahead and plan things. If you want to see it, head down However, there is some doubt that to the Great Rift Valley in Eastern they were in fact the makers of the Africa. Hard to miss, it’s also the tools. It all gets very complicated. Source: Listverse (Jamie Frater) biggest site in this list, it’s huge. Significantly this site shows the development of hominins and the use and producti ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????]?????????????????????????????????????????1???????5??????1?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????()???????????????????((0