{"id":38351,"date":"2021-04-27T19:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xatakaciencia.com\/paleontologia\/se-confirma-que-esta-gruta-poblada-humanos-antigua-mundo-esta-sudafrica"},"modified":"2021-04-27T19:00:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T19:00:44","slug":"se-confirma-que-esta-es-la-gruta-poblada-por-humanos-mas-antigua-del-mundo-y-esta-en-sudafrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forocilac.org\/en\/se-confirma-que-esta-es-la-gruta-poblada-por-humanos-mas-antigua-del-mundo-y-esta-en-sudafrica\/","title":{"rendered":"It is confirmed that this is the oldest human-populated grotto in the world and is in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With the first evidence of fire use or tool making, the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa hIt has been confirmed as the oldest human-populated cave in the world<\/strong>, according to a new investigation<\/a> published in Quaternary Science Reviews, led by a team of geologists and archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

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The study establishes the change from Oldowan tools (mainly sharpened slabs and cutting tools) to the first hand axes more than 1 million years ago, and the deliberate use of fire by our prehistoric ancestors 1 million years ago<\/strong>, in a layer deep in the cave. <\/p>\n

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Additionally, Wonderwerk contained a full range of fire remains: burnt bones, sediments and tools, as well as the presence of ashes.<\/p>\n

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As explained by the main author, Professor Ron Shaar<\/strong> from the HU Institute of Earth Sciences:<\/p>\n

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We can now say with confidence that our human ancestors were making simple stone tools inside Wonderwerk Cave 1.8 million years ago. Wonderwerk is unique among ancient Oldowan sites, a type of tool first found 2.6 million years ago in East Africa, precisely because it is a cave and not an open-air occurrence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n