Levallois Technique (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

Levallois Technique

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One of the tools from Mughr el-Hamamah was made with the Levallois technique, used by Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans alike in earlier periods.

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Photo by Aaron Stutz, Emory University.

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