Obsidian 'Trail' Provides Clues to How Humans Settled, Interacted in Kuril Islands
Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand how people settled and interacted in the inhospitable Kuril Islands.
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