Editing Levallois technique (section)

===Africa===
*  '''Kenya''': Large Levallois flakes struck from boulder cores have been found at the [[Kapthurin|Kapthurin Formation]] site in western Kenya, near [[Lake Bogoria]] and [[Lake Baringo]]. The earliest examples come from the Leaky Handaxe Area and the Factory Site. Both examples feature large flakes, approximately 10–20&nbsp;cm in diameter, and have been reliably dated to 400 thousand years ago.<ref name="Shipton2022"/><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Tryon|first1=Christian A.|last2=McBrearty|first2=Sally|last3=Texier|first3=Pierre-Jean|title=Levallois Lithic Technology from the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya: Acheulian Origin and Middle Stone Age Diversity|journal=African Archaeological Review|date=December 2005|volume=22|issue=4|doi=10.1007/s10437-006-9002-5|pages=199–229|s2cid=12169201}}</ref>
* '''Morocco''': At [[Jebel Irhoud]], a former [[barite]] mine located 100&nbsp;km west of [[Marrakesh]], Levallois tools have been found. Dated as approximately 315,000 years old<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://www.nature.com/news/oldest-homo-sapiens-fossil-claim-rewrites-our-species-history-1.22114 | doi=10.1038/nature.2017.22114| title=Oldest Homo sapiens fossil claim rewrites our species' history| journal=Nature| year=2017| last1=Callaway| first1=Ewen| url-access=subscription}}</ref> in 2017, the finds were highly significant to the understanding of both the development of this technique and early humans. John McNabb, archaeologist at the [[University of Southampton]] said of this: "The tools the people at Jebel Irhoud were making were based on a knapping technique called Levallois, a sophisticated way of shaping stone tools. The date of 315,000 years ago adds to a growing realisation that Levallois originates a lot earlier than we thought. Is Jebel Irhoud telling us that this new technology is linked to the emergence of the hominin line that will lead to modern humans? Does the new find imply there was more than one hominin lineage in Africa at this time? It really stirs the pot."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/07/oldest-homo-sapiens-bones-ever-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story |title=Oldest Homo sapiens bones ever found shake foundations of the human story |last=Sample |first=Ian |date=2017-06-07 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
* '''Egypt''': Within the banks of the [[Nile River]], excavations have located Levalloisean implements within the 30-, 15-, and 10-foot terraces. Within the 30-foot terrace, the implements were originally thought to be early [[Mousterian]], but were later reclassified. The 15- and 10-foot terraces again were classified first as Egyptian Mousterian, but later as developed Levalloisean.<ref name=Langer>{{cite book | title = An Encyclopedia of World History | editor-last = Langer | editor-first = William L. | edition = 5th | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1972 | isbn = 978-0-395-13592-1 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaworl00will/page/9 9] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaworl00will/page/9 }}</ref>