Stone Tool 1.83M Years Old Discovered In Malaysia

goran72 writes with news out of Malaysia that archaeologists have announced the discovery of stone tools more than 1.8 million years old — the earliest evidence of human ancestors in South-east Asia. Researchers believe the tools were made by members of the early human ancestor species Homo erectus. The tools actually date as slightly older than the earliest H. erectus fossils, which came from Georgia and China. No bones of that antiquity have so far been found in Malaysia. "The stone hand-axes were discovered last year in the historical site of Lenggong in northern Perak state, embedded in a type of rock formed by meteorites which was sent to a Japanese lab to be dated."

Archaeology

[BigBadBus]

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Occams razor

[Anonymous Coward]

"The stone hand-axes were discovered last year ...embedded in a type of rock formed by meteorites"
Since the earth is only 6000 years old, the simplest explanation (Occams razor) must be these stone axes must have been created by some stone-age aliens in their big granite spaceships.

Dinosaur apologizes!

[syousef]

"So that's where I left my hand axe. Clumsy me!" said Dorthy Dinosaur before proceeding to eat more children from the front row at the Wiggles concert.

Re:Archaeology

[Anonymous Coward]

and here [amazon.com]

Okay, perhaps not.
/me ducks

heh...

[erroneus]

... homo erectus tool :-D

Re:when does a stone become an axe

[Shaitan Apistos]

Seeing creation where there is only nature? Nah, doesn't sound like something we'd do.

Re:when does a stone become an axe

[MillionthMonkey]

It wouldn't be "only nature" if the rock looks like the Virgin Mary. Hopefully it does, so we can see pictures of it on Ebay.

Re:Occams razor

[legirons]

More logical would be that someone used a granite rock from outer space to create stone axes and then arrange for some scientist to 'find' them.

Or that the axe was used to build the earth

Relics from the Second Age of the First Age

[duckInferno]

This stone tool is clearly a relic left behind from the Jurassic Elves, whose reign over Earth was ended almost two million years ago by the collision of the Shield of Immortality with the Sword of Penetrating Awesomeness. The world was torn asunder and all evidence of these majestic elfy creatures was lost to the massive geological events spanning between then and now, which simultaneously wiped out the Dark Dwarves of the Deep (having set up their vast cavernous cities under dormant volcanoes and all).

Unless the talking snake people are right and was infact placed by a monotheistic/polytheistic combo deity to fool everyone into thinking he doesn't exist, so that he can punish said people with eternal suffering.

It could also have belonged to the Migit, the first being to be crafted by his Noodliness' divine appendage. RAmen.

Re:Dinosaur apologizes!

[weighn]

It's Dorothy the Dinosaur and she eats flowers, not children. Just explaining for the benefit of my son who was traumatised to read your post :)

Re:when does a stone become an axe

[drpt]

i got the axe for becoming stoned

Re:Archaeology

[Reikk]

Obvious answer: God buried it there to test our faith. Reject Darwin - Praise Jesus!

Re:Huh?

[citizenr]

actually there is fourth possibility - they were embedded inside meteorite before hitting earth :P

Re:when does a stone become an axe

[lordSaurontheGreat]

Obviously they weren't human, because if they were human then - just like my garage - you'd never be able to find the tools!

Duh!

Re:Occams razor

[Hognoxious]

God is infallible, the appendix should not be there; ergo we couldn't have been 'designed' by God.

Come on. We've all made changes to code where instead of deleting something we comment or condition it out. Just in case we need it again.

Re:heh...

[cyberchondriac]

Homo-erectus?
I bet stone age circumcisions were a bitch, and this just proved it