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Researchers in Israel Find World's First Steak Knives

By Traci WatsonJul 22nd 2010 – 8:26AM
Courtesy Ran Barkai

Courtesy Ran Barkai

(July 22) -- Archaeologists digging in a cave in Israel have found what looks to be the world's first cutlery: tiny stone knives dating back at least 200,000 years that would have been used to cut meat during a meal. Made of flint, the ancient knives are about the size and shape of a quarter. But these puny bits of stone...

Background on Harold Dibble

Harold Lewis Dibble is an American Paleolithic archaeologist best known for his theory of lithic reduction and his methodological advancements in archaeological fieldwork in France, Egypt, and Morocco.

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