Levallois Artifacts Found in South China Cave (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Levallois Artifacts Found in South China Cave

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These artifacts found in China are among the nearly four dozen that reflect the Levallois technique of toolmaking. In a paper published Nov. 19 in Nature, researchers date these artifacts to between 80,000 and 170,000 years ago.

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Marwick et al.

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