500,000-year-old stone tools discovered in South Khorasan

TEHRAN—Manager of South Khorasan Cultural Heritage Department Ahmad Barabadi announced the identification of the first samples of Acheulean industry, including hand axes dating back about half a million years, at the ancient site of Dagh Island in Aysak city in Sarayan, South Khorasan province. A discovery that could open a new window to understanding the history of human settlement in the eastern Iranian plateau, he added.