*Israel
dig unearths prehistoric 'paradise'*
Israeli
archaeologists have uncovered a rare prehistoric site near Tel Aviv described
as a "paradise" for hunter-gatherers living 500,000 years ago. The
site, next to a busy motorway at Jaljulia, has revealed hundreds of flint axes
and other artefacts. Experts say the area had a stream, vegetation and an
abundance of animals - all perfect for early humans.
Ran
Barkai, head of archaeology at Tel Aviv University, said the site had been
"amazingly preserved". "For people it was like a paradise, so
they came here again and again," he said. "The water brought flint
nodules from the hills, which were used to make tools on the spot, and it
attracted animals, which were hunted and butchered here. They had everything
that prehistoric people needed."
The
ancient landscape was found between Jaljulia and the Route 6 motorway, about 5m
(16ft) below the surface, and the finds indicate it was used by the ancestors
of modern humans - homo erectus.
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