Earliest evidence for modern human behavior found in South African cave

Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex small stone tools and using red pigments in symbolic behavior 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being published in the Oct. 18 issue of the journal Nature.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news111847910.html">Earliest evidence for modern human behavior found in South African cave</a></p> <p>Evidence of early humans living on the coast in South Africa, harvesting food from the sea, employing complex small stone tools and using red pigments in symbolic behavior 164,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented, is being published in the Oct. 18 issue of the journal <i>Nature</i>.</p>