# No: the pebble tools belong to Acheulean assemblages and have no separate age

> Still possible: The pebble tools are part of the Acheulean tool kit, and their form says nothing about an earlier age.

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# No: the pebble tools belong to Acheulean assemblages and have no separate age

The pebble tools are part of the Acheulean tool kit, and their form says nothing about an earlier age.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- In stratified sections pebble tools occur in the same layers as handaxes.
- No pebble-tool assemblage dates earlier than the regional Acheulean.

## What would rule it out

- A dated, sealed pebble-tool layer below the earliest Acheulean.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Pebble tools in the Adrar are generally found in an Acheulean context](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKW9NQQ3KW/pebble-tools-in-the-adrar-are-generally-found-in-an)

Suggestive

FOR

[The 1999 in-situ site differs in condition and make-up from the surface pebble tools](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKWA1RAJBT/the-1999-in-situ-site-differs-in-condition-and-make-up-from)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Are the Richat pebble-tool sites older than the Acheulean?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRHSFKZ2M/are-the-richat-pebble-tool-sites-older-than-the-acheulean)

Part of [Who lived at the Richat Structure, and when?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/questions/QST0DCKRCFJB4FD/who-lived-at-the-richat-structure-and-when)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). No: the pebble tools belong to Acheulean assemblages and have no separate age [Answer ANS0DCKW1TPNSKE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DCKW1TPNSKE
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