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Israeli Team Uncovers 400,000-Year-Old Acheulo-Yabrudian Cave Artifacts

6/13/2026

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Israel Antiquities Authority and University of Haifa are excavating a sealed cave near Fureidis, the only Carmel Ridge site with Acheulo-Yabrudian layers—a phase found at about ten Near East sites—that preserves 400,000-year-old artifacts.
Excavators have uncovered about one hundred side scrapers, handaxes and bones of deer, gazelle, ancient horses and wild cattle.
No human remains have been found; researchers hope future finds will identify the hominids that lived there.

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Israel Antiquities Authority and University of Haifa are excavating a sealed cave near Fureidis, the only Carmel Ridge site with Acheulo-Yabrudian layers—a phase found at about ten Near East sites—that preserves 400,000-year-old artifacts.
Excavators have uncovered about one hundred side scrapers, handaxes and bones of deer, gazelle, ancient horses and wild cattle.
No human remains have been found; researchers hope future finds will identify the hominids that lived there.