Sebilian tool complex

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The Sebilian is a Mesolithic culture from Upper Egypt characterized by microlithic flint tools and composite weapons that used microliths. This culture is found overlying the low terrace in the Nile Valley, indicating a later development than earlier tool industries like the Levalloisian. The Sebilian industry, in its later phases, shows a definite microlithic component. The genus Homo is known for its ability to create standardized precision tools, using one tool to make another.123

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Stone Age
Egypt
…local development known as the Sebilian is found. It contains very highly evolved flake implements of Levallois type and, in its later phases, a definite microlithic industry. Of approximately the same age as the Sebilian are several Epi-Levalloisian sites in the Lower Nile drainage, including the Fayyūm Depression and the…
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…local development known as the Sebilian is found. It contains very highly evolved flake implements of Levallois type and, in its later phases, a definite microlithic industry. Of approximately the same age as the Sebilian are several Epi-Levalloisian sites in the Lower Nile drainage, including the Fayyūm Depression and the…
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