Recent research suggests that human evolution took a significant leap around 600,000 years ago with the emergence of complex technologies and cumulative culture. This advancement in hominin knowledge potentially predates the split between Neanderthals and modern humans, indicating a key point in our evolutionary history.
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A leap in stone tool complexity in the fossil record suggests hominin knowledge underwent a sudden increase around 600,000 years ago, potentially predating the divergence of Neanderthals and modern humans. https://t.co/ZgWXQA0U6a
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The advent of “cumulative culture”—teaching others and passing down that knowledge—may have reached an inflection point around the time Neandertals and modern humans split from a common ancestor https://t.co/3jd8ch1lyl
"By 600,000 years ago or so, hominin populations started relying on unusually complex technologies, and we only see rapid increases in complexity after that time as well." ⛏️🪨 https://t.co/5Mf8gTUw3c
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