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University of Cologne: Early Humans in South Africa Were Quarrying Stone as Long as 220,000 Years Ago
April 10, 2026
KOLN, Germany, April 10 (TNSjou) -- The University of Cologne issued the following news release:

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Early humans in South Africa were quarrying stone as long as 220,000 years ago

International research team with participation of the University of Cologne shows long-term use of a source of raw materials in Paleolithic South Africa

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As long as 220,000 years ago - far earlier than previously thought - people quarried rocks for the . . .

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