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SFU expert researches origins of stone tools

The recent release of a paper about Stone Age tool development, co-authored by Francesco Berna, an SFU associate professor of archaeology, has claimed the attention of the archeological community. The research provides evidence that overturns previous theories about the spread of technology throughout the world by our early human ancestors. Along with an international research team, Berna found evidence of human occupation and tool use at a 325,000 year old site in Armenia called Nor Geghi 1. Accurate dating of the artifacts was made possible by the site’s location between two layers of volcanic ash. “We used to think that…

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