Archaeology has long associated advanced blade production with the Upper Palaeolithic period, about 30,000-40,000 years ago, linked with the emergence of Homo Sapiens and cultural features such as cave art. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University have uncovered evidence which shows that "modern" blade production was also an element of Amudian industry during the late Lower Paleolithic period, 200,000-400,000 years ago as part of the Acheulo-Yabrudian cultural complex, a geographically limited group of hominins who lived in modern-day Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

Originally posted by Wildbob77
As I've said many times, I think that the history of man goes much farther back then the academics can document.

Our brains haven't changed that much in the past 100,000 years. How hard would it be to create a good home, decent cloths, and a good standard of living without leaving much evidence?

To my way of thinking, we've been living on this planet for a long time and we've been living pretty well.

Remember when they found the Iceman and the academics were surprised by how well made his cloths and shoes were. That didn't surprise me.