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Evidencia de la temprana tecnología de caza con aspas
Jayne Wilkins1, Benjamin J Schoville, Kyle S Brown
1Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S2, Canada. jayne.wilkins@utoronto.ca
Resumen
Los primeros humanos fabricaron puntas de lanza hace unos 500.000 años, como lo demuestran las puntas de piedra de Sudáfrica. Este descubrimiento retrasa la línea de tiempo para la fabricación de herramientas complejas en 200.000 años.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Arqueología Arqueología.
- La paleoantropología es la paleoantropología.
- Ciencia de los materiales Ciencia de los materiales.
Sus antecedentes:
- El levantamiento de puntas de piedra para lanzas representó un salto tecnológico significativo para los primeros humanos, mejorando sus capacidades de caza.
- El desarrollo de la tecnología de proyectiles es un indicador clave de los avances cognitivos y conductuales en la evolución humana.
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