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‘1.5 million-year-old’ hand axes, 850 artifacts unearthed in Iraq’s dried-up lake
Researchers have been exploring Iraq’s Western Desert to decode its geomorphological history and search for traces of early ...
Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools
Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date back to as far as 1.5 million years ago. The ancient lake that has long been home to all of these hand axes offers a peak into the early ...
Hand axes discovered in Iraqi desert may go back 1.5 million years
Ella Egberts (VUB) traveled to Iraq in November and December as part of a pilot project to search for archaeological surface ...
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Stone axes up to 1.5 million years old find in Iraq
Belgian scientists from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) have announced the results of an expedition in the Iraqi ...