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- noun archaeology A small
stone blade with one sharp and one blunt edge
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Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex bladelet tools and using red pigments in symbolic behavior 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being reported in the Oct. 18 issue of the journal Nature.
October 17th, 2007 2007
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Coincident with this diet and habitat expansion is an early use and modification of pigment, probably for symbolic behaviour, as well as the production of bladelet stone tool technology, previously dated to only 70,000 years ago.
Pinnacle Point (SA): Home to Fine Seafood Dining since 161993 BCE 2007
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Coincident with this diet and habitat expansion is an early use and modification of pigment, probably for symbolic behaviour, as well as the production of bladelet stone tool technology, previously dated to only 70,000 years ago.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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