Charcoal at an 800,000-Year-Old Campsite Suggests Early Humans Were Drawn to an Abundant Supply of Driftwood
The paleolake Hula was a popular destination for early humans living in and around northern Israel 800,000 years ago during the Middle Pleistocene. Archeologists believe communities would have assembled near its shores to forge tools and butcher ancient elephants. Now, researchers writing in Quaternary Science Review suggest the availability of driftwood (and reliance on fire)…
