These sets of stone artifacts include thick, sharp and asymmetrical “scrapers” often resharpened to cut materials like meat, animal skins and wood, writes Marwick for the Conversation. European ...

The Quina tools, including characteristic scrapers, indicate advanced skills in processing materials such as bones or wood. Researchers will now seek further evidence that might explain how this ...

People used Quina scrapers to scrape and cut soft materials, such as meat and animal skins, and medium-hard materials, such as wood. We know this from tiny scratches and chips on the scrapers that ...

Quina technology was found in Europe decades ... indicate they were used for scraping and scratching bones, antlers or wood. Marwick said the question now becomes: how did this toolkit arrive ...

Micro-wear analysis also confirms that Quina scrapers were utilized for processing bone, wood, and hides, highlighting their functional versatility. This discovery adds to a growing body of ...

Micro-wear analysis also confirms that Quina scrapers were used to process bone, wood and hides. "The presence of Quina technology in East Asia has never been definitively confirmed until now ...