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Stone Tools from Armenian Cave Reveal Split Strategy for Survival 50,000 Years Ago
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Enrico de Lazaro
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Archaeologists studying stone tools from the Ararat-1 cave in Armenia have discovered that Paleolithic humans used a 'split strategy' for survival. They curated high-quality obsidian tools for long-term use while creating expedient tools from local chert for immediate, short-term tasks.
Ararat-1 , a modest limestone cave that lies at an elevation of 1,034 m on the eastern flanks of the Ararat Depression in central Armenia, has yielded a striking puzzle about how Middle Paleolithic humans moved across their landscape.
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