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RE: A stone artifact found on the way to work.
This type of stone artifact was manufactured from a couple of million years ago till about 100 000 years ago..
This is fascinating. Many people think that the humans who made and used stone tools were Homo sapiens, ie: less than about 200 000 years old. But the earliest dating goes back 2.5 million years ago, made by Australopithecus garhi in East Africa.
We have some pretty old tools down south too
Absolutely. It's amazing to think how carefully we take care of our "priceless" antiquities, cosseted in museums, handled with soft gloves, and here are truly ancient artifacts just lying in the veld.
Yup, in the sun and the rain... and they have done so for millions of years