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Blood residue analysis of 90,000-year-old stone tools from Tabun Cave, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

T. H. Loy  and
B. L. Hardy
T. H. Loy
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, Research School of Pacific Studies. The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
B. L. Hardy
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405, USA
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On ten stone tools from Tabun Cave, Israel, excavated from a layer dated to 90,000 years old, the presence of organic tool-use residues has been detected. Among them are red blood cells, collagen, resin and hair fragments identified by microscopy and biochemical analyses.

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Antiquity , Volume 66 , Issue 250 , March 1992 , pp. 24 - 35
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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