John Hawks in The Verge: Discovery of ancient stone tools rewrites the history of technology in India
A new discovery of stone tools from about 385,000 years ago has anthropologists rethinking the history of technology. The stone tools, found at a site in southern India, were sophisticated blades chipped from chunks of quartz, which is a technique that experts previously thought came to India only about 125,000 years ago.
Karen Strier is elected president of International Primatological Society
Karen Strier, Vilas Research Professor and Irven DeVore Professor of Anthropology at UW-Madison has been elected president of the International Primatological Society.
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