African Bone Tools Dispute Key Idea About Human Evolution
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/11/1108_bonetool.html

National Geographic News


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This site from National Geographic details a study that argues, based on the bone tools and other recent discoveries, that "behavioral modernity" first evolved in Africa and has a much longer history than most archaeologists believe. The study uses bone tools more than 70,000 years old as evidence that modern behavior evolved before humans migrated to Europe.


Subject: Biology:Evolution
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work