Attirampakkam
13°13′50″N 79°53′20″E / 13.23056°N 79.88889°E
Attirampakkam's location in India
Attirampakkam or Athirampakkam is a village located 60 kilometers away from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The oldest known stone tools in India were discovered near the village,[1][2] which became the type site for the Madrasian culture.[3][4]
Discovery and dating of artifacts
hominin species had created these tools.[5]
By performing a
See also
- Acheulean industry
- Madrasian culture
- Jwalapuram
- South Asian Stone Age
References
- ^ S2CID 4447452. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Tools found in India suggest humans left Africa earlier than we thought". Quartz. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ Pappu, Shanti; Gunnell, Yanni; Taieb, Maurice; Brugal, Jean-Philippe; Anupama, K.; Sukumar, Raman; Akhilesh, Kumar (September 2003). "Excavations at the Palaeolithic site of Attirampakkam, South India". Antiquity. 77 (297). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Iqbal, Sarah (2 February 2018). "Ancient Stone Tools Found in Tamil Nadu Push Back 'Out of Africa' Exodus Date". The Wire. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ a b Becker, Rachel (31 January 2018). "Discovery of ancient stone tools rewrites the history of technology in India". The Verge. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ a b Tarlach, Gemma (31 January 2018). "Stone Tools From India: Another Blow To Human Evolution Model?". Discover Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.