Early African woodworking and tool use at the transition to modern humans

早期非洲木工和工具使用向现代人类的过渡

• 批准号: DP200100194
• 负责人: Prof Andrew Herries
• 金额: $ 29.05万
• 依托单位: La Trobe University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-05-26 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200100194
• 关键词: Early; African; woodworking; tool; use

Our archaeological excavations and preliminary dating of Amanzi Springs (South Africa) to between 515,000 and 163,000 years ago shows that the site covers a critical time period that led to the origins of our species, Homo sapiens. Amanzi documents, in never before seen resolution, the technological leaps that our ancestors made during this transition. At ~400,000 years ago this includes the oldest evidence for woodworking and tool use and >163,000 years ago the oldest heat treatment of rock to make stone tools. The organic preservation at the site means that we can reconstruct changing environment, linked to sea level changes and spring activity, for this period in the evolution of our ancestors at a level of detail not previously possible

我们对阿曼齐泉(南非)的考古发掘和初步测年显示，该遗址涵盖了一个关键时期，导致了我们人类的起源。阿曼齐以前所未有的分辨率记录了我们的祖先在这一转变中实现的技术飞跃。这包括最古老的木工和工具使用的证据，以及163,000年前对岩石进行最古老的热处理以制造石器的证据。遗址的有机保存意味着我们可以重建与海平面变化和泉水活动有关的环境变化，以前所未有的详细程度为我们的祖先进化的这一时期。