Some of the oldest coastal human occupations in West Africa, preserved in the sites Bargny 1 and 3 (Senegal), and associated with classic Middle Stone Age (MSA)
The first dating study of Pirro Nord, Italy, traditionally regarded as the oldest archaeological site in western Europe, indicates that it is probably much younger than anticipated
The CENIEH in collaboration with CNRPAH leads a study reporting the discovery of the oldest Acheulean lithic assemblage found in North Africa, dated to about 1.7 million years