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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Prashant Rupera

‘Made in India’stone tools existed 2.47 lakh years ago!

1/10 - Our assumption about modern humans is about to be challenged

2/10 - It was argued that modern humans migrated from Africa to India 1. 25 lakh years ago

3/10 - It was argued that early humans from Africa carried middle Paleolithic stone tools to India

4/10 - But scientific dating of artefacts excavated from Andhra Pradesh (2018) busted this concept

5/10 - MS University archaeologist excavates artefacts from Hanumanthunipadu(AP) that date back to 2.47 lakh years

6/10 - Carbon dating of tools was carried out in the Luminescence Laboratory at PRL, Ahmedabad

7/10 - "Stone tools were probably present in Indian region much before modern humans migrated here," Devara Anilkumar

8/10 - Earlier theories were based on excavations from four sites Jwalapuram, Sandhav, Katoti and Dhaba

9/10 - Till now credit for stone tools was given to African migrants who entered via Arabian Peninsula-West Asia

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