Hand stones

Hundreds of illusory stone tools have been discovered on the surface in the Lower Galilee. At least ten of them were carved so that fossils, crystals, and natural cavities remained visible and prominent—a choice that researchers interpret as possible evidence of aesthetic sensitivity.

The Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa are uncovering a time capsule from the Acheulo-Yabrudian culture, a period rarely represented in the study of human evolution, when more complex ways of life and technologies began to develop