Homo faber. 2 millions d’années d’histoire de la pierre taillée. De l’Afrique aux portes de l’Europe. Romaine – Gréco-Romaine Institutions

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This book offers an overview of French archaeology in Egypt through the excavations and research programs currently being conducted on pharaonic monuments

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Homo faber. 2 millions d’années d’histoire de la pierre taillée. De l’Afrique aux portes de l’Europe. Romaine – Gréco-Romaine InstitutionsHomo Faber, "the one who makes," traces the history of our lineage through this founding moment when the different species of hominins present in Africa, the cradle of humanity, designed the first stone tools by controlled fracturing of hard rocks. Between 3. 3 and 1. 7 million years ago, the first cutters passed through successive stages of cognition, attested by recent archaeological discoveries made in Kenya and Ethiopia: selection and then