February 15, 2023

Flint vessels from periods that go back to the settlement of Homo erectus at the site of the Bnot Ya'akov Bridge over 600 thousand years ago. Courtesy of the researchers

The quality of the stone in the prehistoric period

Researchers have discovered that the ancient man who lived at the site of the Benat Ya'akov Bridge preferred to use certain types of flint and basalt rocks for chiseling his tools and made an effort to bring them to the site
wasp Illustration: depositphotos.com

An ecological tragedy

A wasp gathers as food for its future offspring larvae that contain maggots of another wasp in their bodies, thus harming their survival