Trying to create a small, delicate drawing is more difficult than creating a simple, large drawing. In a similar way, our stone-wielding ancestors found it harder to make small, delicate stone tools than simple, large tools like axes. This is why researchers were surprised to find that by around 45,000 years ago a community in Sri Lanka had mastered such technology.
A collection of microliths (small stone tools) were found in the Fa-Hien Lena Cave in Sri Lanka. These advanced tools helped humanity’s ancestors thrive despite the difficult rainforest environment by allowing them to hunt small tree-dwelling animals. And at 45,000 years old, the microliths are evidence that humanity settled the edges of South Asia earlier than was previously thought.
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