Consider the following statements regarding the Lower Paleolithic site of Hunsgi-Baichbal valley in Karnataka:
1. Limestone was extensively utilized as the primary raw material for manufacturing Acheulian tools instead of conventional quartzite.
2. The site contains evidence of a prehistoric factory-cum-habitation site.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Both statements are correct. Excavated by K. Paddayya, Hunsgi is famous because hominids bypassed quartzite to shape tools out of locally abundant limestone. The massive concentrations of finished/unfinished tools and waste flakes confirm its status as a factory-cum-habitation site.

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