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Mark Waghorn

Stone Age Ancestors In The Philippines Were Skilled Weavers, New Research Shows

Fiber technology at Tabon Cave, almost 40,000 years ago. An artistic view based on the latest archaeological data. Made for the exhibition Trajectories and Movements of the Philippine Identity curated by Hermine Xhauflair and Eunice Averion. Scientific advising: Hermine Xhauflair. PHOTO BY CAROLE CHEVAL-ARTCHEOGRAPH/SWNS 

Our Stone Age ancestors were weaving baskets and ropes almost 40,000 years ago, according to new research.

Prehistoric tools unearthed in the Philippines bear tell-tale markings of plant technology, say scientists.

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