SENDAI – Shinichi Fujimura, the archaeologist who admitted faking the discovery of two Paleolithic stone tools in northern Japan, has confessed to faking the unearthing of the world’s oldest stone tool, archaeological association officials said Saturday.
Fujimura had broken the tool up and claimed to have discovered its parts in two neighboring prefectures, they said.
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