Ancient Tools From 100,000 year ago
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:39 pm
In South Africa.
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Thackeray said the tools, which have been flaked in several places to form a cutting edge, probably would have been used to break animal bones to get at the marrow.
The marrow is likely to have been an important source of protein to supplement a prehistoric diet of roots, tubers, fruit and insects, said Thackeray.