Stone Cutting Tools Link Early Humans to Prehistoric India (3 of 9) (IMAGE)

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Stone Cutting Tools Link Early Humans to Prehistoric India (3 of 9)

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Acheulian artifacts in trench T8. Close-ups of artifacts in layer 6 (A) and in layer 7 (B). Artifacts include cleavers (C and D), large flake tool with a cleaverlike working edge (E), handaxes (F and G), trihedral (H), large flake (I), and Kombewa flake (J). Bar scale gradations in units of 1 cm. For more information, please see Figure 2 in the manuscript. This image relates to an article that appeared in the March 25, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Shanti Pappu, at Sharma Center for Heritage Education in Chennai, India, and colleagues was titled, "Early Pleistocene Presence of Acheulian Hominins in South India."

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