#MelkaWakena

End of our 2025 season at #MelkaWakena. Leaving with tons of stone tools, some fossils, some questions answered, many more emerging. Science ay work.

Exploring early Acheulian technological decision-making: A controlled experimental approach to raw material selection for percussive artifacts in Melka Wakena, Ethiopia The evolution of human behaviour is marked by key decision-making processes reflected in technological variability in the early archaeological record. As part of the technological system, differences ...

our paper ed by Eduardo Paixao is out, discussing the raw material choices for percussors in the early Acheulian of #MelkaWakena Ethiopia. A first step in long-term project. But hey, even a 1000-mile journey begins with the first step.This is that step.
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