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How, then, to explain the intrusion into this august company of a utilitarian object, in this case a biface, or hand axe, dated 700,000-200,000 B.C.?
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Eric Gibson, WSJ, 9 July 2021
Twenty of the bifaces showed distinctive strike-a-light marks that matched the ones produced by Sorensen and his colleagues' experiment.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 July 2018
The picks, cleavers, scrapers, and bifaces were so plentiful that a one-off accidental stranding seems unlikely, Strasser says.
—Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS, 24 Apr. 2018
This latest round of excavations at Page-Ladson, conducted 2012-2014, yielded a biface stone knife and more robust dating which nailed an age of 14,550 years for the knife and other artifacts.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2016
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Eric Gibson, WSJ, 9 July 2021
Twenty of the bifaces showed distinctive strike-a-light marks that matched the ones produced by Sorensen and his colleagues' experiment.
—Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 26 July 2018
The picks, cleavers, scrapers, and bifaces were so plentiful that a one-off accidental stranding seems unlikely, Strasser says.
—Andrew Lawler, Science | AAAS, 24 Apr. 2018
This latest round of excavations at Page-Ladson, conducted 2012-2014, yielded a biface stone knife and more robust dating which nailed an age of 14,550 years for the knife and other artifacts.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2016
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“Biface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biface. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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