Archaeologists from Novosibirsk managed to unearth an enterprise for the creation of weapons by primitive people, which, according to preliminary estimates, is more than 800 thousand years old.
This find was discovered on the territory of Vietnam, and the discovery itself has already become sensational, because before that it was believed that only our species "Homo sapiens" had places where a weapon for hunting and fighting was created.
The question of whether there was industrial production 800 thousand years ago or whether it belongs to a later era remains open and scientists from all over the world will think about its solution in the future. Russian archaeologists are still in no hurry to answer this question, but they can already say with confidence that it was not in vain that they spent 7 years in Vietnam and what they discovered is a breakthrough in the study of human history. Until that moment, the so-called weapons workshop found in China, which is about 500 thousand years old, was considered the oldest object of industrial activity.
Scientists report that among their finds, they also revealed previously unknown types of weapons, with the help of which our ancestors hunted, chopped bamboo, and also dug the ground. Earlier it was believed that weapons were made only for hunting, but as it turned out, even 800 thousand years ago, people created a production stream. Moreover, as noted, it was not just a "digging stick" weapon, but really an object that more than one person thought to create, because when creating it, the peculiarities of the territory in which they lived were taken into account, as well as how strong the enemy would be …
Until that moment, weapons production workshops were found only on the territory of China, and the objects found by Russian archaeologists would simply turn the worldview of many scientists, because now it becomes unclear where the most intelligent primitive people lived. Also, the researchers mentioned that the characteristics of the "Homo sapiens" species will have to be completely changed, indicating new features, residence, weapons for battles.
Let us remind you that the world believes that a person comes from Africa, it was there that the development of society began, the development of intellectual characteristics characteristic of the representatives of "Homo sapiens". For forty years there have been disputes, but only now Russian archaeologists were able to put an end to such a discussion and start a new dispute about whether the development of the ancestors of the HOMO species took place exclusively in Africa or whether the formation of an intelligent person took place in parallel on several continents.
The excavations in Vietnam do not end there, they will last for several more years. Scientists hope to be able to discover new objects that will change ideas about human history. Colleagues from abroad will join Russian archaeologists in the future.