Talk:Lower Paleolithic

message: I feel that 1,000,000 BC should be merged here.  We can't have information about the exact year of 1,000,000 BC, so the info should be worked into here.  This article has the potential to be a lot more encompassing. --Czj 19:41, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[1,000,000 BC]] article should be merged here 

message: As one who is a very fairly well versed non specialist of paleoanthropology, I'm curious about some of the non-cited references here:
What/which Homo species are older than 3 million years? I've never heard of anything beyond 2.5 or 2.6 million years being attributed to Homo (the dawn of stone tool making). In this case, the species would be H. habilis.
I think this article should specify and be clear that stone tool industries refer to modified stone tools. Stone tool use exists among many several species, esp. the great apes; the difference with the beginning of the paleolithic is the beggining of specially crafted stone tools. The article may be too vague to the novice reader to fully grasp this fact.
Finally, of all the references to early human species, what or who the heck is H. paleohungaricus?!? I've never heard of him, and even if he has some support, this particular species is not at all regarded seperately by the overall establishment.Neanderskull 20:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refs...H. hungary....3 million years...modified stones 

message: I find this sentence unclear: "Homo habilis remains, such as those from Olduvai Gorge, are much more recognizable as humans."  Much more recognizable than what?  --Smoggyrob | Talk 04:46, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early species 

message: I removed the Paleo-diet external link. 
Its connection to history has not been established, and thus doesn't have a demonstratable applicability here.
Zackzing (talk) 21:43, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paleodiet ref removed 

message: In the Calabrian section, it says hunter-gatherer activities started in that stage (1.8m - 780,000 yrs ago), then in the transition to Middle Paleolithic section, it says the first instances of hunter-gatherer activities occurred in this period (~300,000 yrs ago).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoItAgain (talk • contribs) 14:29, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction about hunter-gathering 

message: The finds of primitive stone tools last year, earlier than any previously known, are interesting, but has there actually been a *formal* back-dating of the time limit for the paleolithic? For a long time, scientific consensus has been that LP began around 2 milljon years ago when the first recognizable tools appeared, which ties in with the appearance of the genus Homo. Since the new finds probably imply that toolmaking preceded the Homo genus (not equal to "hominins") it's unclear if the find of older tools by itself could be said to establish a new incipit date for the Paleolithic.
And at any rate, the article should make it clear that up until at least last year, the beginning of the Paleolithic was set at around 2 million years ago. Essential for handling most textbook sources dealing with this phase. 83.251.170.27 (talk) 09:04, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lower time limit