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MUFONET-BBS NETWORK - MUTUAL UFO NETWORK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS - WIRE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ кФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФФП Г=START= XMT: 13:12 Thu Jul 25 EXP: 13:00 Fri Jul 26 Г Г Г ГPREHISTORIC AX FOUND IN GREECE, EVIDENCE OF EARLY MAN ON Г ГGREEK PENINSULA Г Г Г ГWASHINGTON (JULY 25) XINHUA - FROM THE SEDIMENT OF A STONE Г ГAGE LAKE BED IN NORTHWESTERN GREECE, AN ARCHEOLOGIST HAS Г ГUNCOVERED A FLINT HAND AX MADE BY HUMAN ANCESTORS WHO LIVED Г ГBETWEEN 200,000 AND 500,000 YEARS AGO. Г Г Г ГSCIENTISTS SAID IT IS THE EARLIEST FIRM EVIDENCE FOR THE Г ГPRESENCE OF EARLY MAN IN THE GREEK PENINSULA. Г Г Г ГTHE DISCOVERY, ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY BY BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Г ГCOULD OPEN A NEW WINDOW ON THE PREHISTORY OF GREECE AND THE Г ГTIME OF TRANSITION IN HUMAN EVOLUTION FROM HOMO ERECTUS, Г ГWHICH PRESUMABLY ARRIVED IN EUROPE FROM AFRICA AND THE Г ГMIDDLE EAST A MILLION YEARS AGO, TO ANTECEDENTS OF THE Г ГNEANDERTHALS AND MODERN HOMO SAPIENS. Г Г Г ГTHE DISCOVERY WAS MADE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ANCIENT CITY Г ГOF NIKOPOLIS, WHICH THE ROMAN EMPEROR AUGUSTUS FOUNDED IN 29Г ГB.C. TO COMMEMORATE HIS VICTORY OVER ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA INГ ГTHE BATTLE OF ACTIUM. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED NEAR THE SITEГ ГOF THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF CAPE ACTIUM LOCATED AT THE Г ГENTRANCE TO THE AMBRACIAN GULF. Г Г Г ГIT IS THE FIRST TIME FOR THE GREEKS TO MAKE EXTENSIVE USE OFГ ГSATELLITE IMAGERY AND OTHER REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR Г ГIDENTIFYING PROMISING ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES. Г Г Г ГEXPEDITION SCIENTISTS SAID THE AX WAS THE FIRST TOOL TO BE Г ГFOUND IN GREECE THAT COULD BE DATED BY BOTH ITS GEOLOGICAL Г ГCONTEXT AND ITS STYLE TO BE FROM THE LOWER PALEOLITHIC Г ГPERIOD. PREVIOUS ARTIFACTS FROM THE REGION WERE NO MORE Г ГTHAN 70,000 YEARS OLD. Г Г Г ГDUE TO SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN THE BALKAN REGION, IT IS RARE TO Г ГFIND SUCH OLD ARCHEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS STILL IN THEIR ORIGINALГ ГSEDIMENT DEPOSIT AND NOT CHURNED UP BY EARTHQUAKES AND Г ГSUBJECT TO EROSION. GEOLOGISTS ARE HAVING TROUBLE Г ГDETERMINING A MORE PRECISE AGE FOR THE PRIMITIVE TOOL Г ГBECAUSE OGEY HAVE YET TO FIND ANY TRACEABLE ORGANIC MATERIALГ ГIN THE SURROUNDING SEDIMENT. Г Г Г Г=END= Г