"Uncovering Europe's Ancient Human Presence: Stone Tools and Clues from Ukraine"
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Stone tools found in a quarry in Ukraine have been dated to over a million years ago, marking the earliest known presence of hominins in Europe. The artifacts were analyzed using a new dating method involving cosmic rays, revealing their age to be 1.4 million years. The site, near Ukraine's border with Hungary and Romania, has yielded 90,000 stone tools and is believed to have been inhabited by Homo erectus. The discovery fills a gap in early hominin presence in Europe and suggests a migration from east to west, with the area's climate and habitat making it appealing to ancient humans.
- ‘Cosmic clock’ dates earliest human presence in Europe CNN
- East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago Nature.com
- Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine date to over 1 million years ago, and may be oldest in Europe The Associated Press
- Archaeological site in Ukraine yields clues about the first Europeans The Washington Post
- Earliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans. Livescience.com
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