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The guardian of the archaeological site "Thomas Quarry I" shows Acheulean stone tools in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, on July 29, 2021. - Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa's oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years, an international team reported on July 28. The find pushes back by hundreds of thousands of years the start date in North Africa of the Acheulian -- referring to the period of the main Lower Palaeolithic culture in Europe -- stone tool industry associated with a key human ancestor, Homo erectus. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
The guardian of the archaeological site "Thomas Quarry I" shows Acheulean stone tools in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, on July 29, 2021. - Archaeologists in Morocco have announced the discovery of North Africa's oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site, dating back 1.3 million years, an international team reported on July 28. The find pushes back by hundreds of thousands of years the start date in North Africa of the Acheulian -- referring to the period of the main Lower Palaeolithic culture in Europe -- stone tool industry associated with a key human ancestor, Homo erectus. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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