Quina scrapers were originally discovered in the French region of the same name. These tools helped ancient butchers, probably of the Homo erectus species, butcher, cut and process the meat and skin of their prey, which were mainly fallow deer, a type of mammal found in the Middle East and southern Europe.
Recent studies, including a publication in the scientific journal Archaeologies by scientists at Tel Aviv University, explain how these 400,000-year-old tools were found and highlight their importance in the technological history of hominins. The Levant region, including Israel and Lebanon, has experienced several climatic and ecological changes that have directly impacted the lives of its inhabitants.