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24.8.2018. 21:54
Izrael
 

Rare 500,000-year-old archaeological site uncovered in central Israel

The site gives new insight into the lives of our hunter-gatherer ancestors

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An archaeological dig in Jaljulia, near route 6. (photo credit: SHMUEL MAGAL/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY)

A unique 500,000-year-old prehistoric site was exposed in the Arab town of Jaljulya in central Israel on Sunday, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University, who collaborated on the dig.

Hundreds of thousands of flint-stone tools from the lower Paleolithic era were uncovered in an area spanning nearly 2.5 acres, a rare find that is one of very few of its kind in the Levant region. According to Ron Barkai, head of the TAU Archaeology Department, these flint tools “supply us with important information regarding prehistoric man’s lifestyle... The tools that were found here can be attributed to Homo Erectus, the forefather of all human beings alive today.”



Jedinstveno nalazište staro 500.000 godina je otkriveno u arapskom gradu   Jaljulya  u centralnom Izraelu, javili su iz  Israel Antiquities Authority u  Tel Aviv University. Pronađeno je tisuće obrađenih kamenih oruđa iz donjeg Paleolitika, na području veličine gotovo 2,5 "acres",  što je rijetko nalazište u području Levanta.

 Prema Ron Barkai, voditelju  TAU Archaeology Departmenta, to oruđe nam daje važnu informaciju o životu predhistorijskog čovjeka , oni pripadaju Homo erectusu,  pretku ljudi koji danas žive. Nalazi sugeriraju da su imali geografsku memoriju te su se vraćali na posebne sezonske lokacije.