Archaeologists find hundreds of hand-axes used by early humans over half a million years ago at Jaljulia,north-east of Tel Aviv Israeli archaeologists enjoy uncovered next to one of the country’s busiest roads the site of an extraordinarily well preserved prehistoric “paradise” used by stone age hunter-gatherers over half a million years ago, who left behind evidence of hundreds of knapped flint hand-axes. The discovery at about a five-metre depth at Jaljulia, and near the town of Kfar Saba,suggests that an extinct species of early human - homo erectus – may enjoy returned to the site repeatedly, perhaps attracted by a water source and abundant game, or leaving behind evidence of their primitive stone tools.
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Source: guardian.co.uk