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Flint hand axePhotograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old
Flint handaxe incorporating fossil echinoidCast of handaxe from Middle Gravels of Swanscombe, Kent. Loaned by Merseyside Museums; NHM E6870
The Furze Platt Hand AxeThe Furze Platt hand axe from the Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) about 400, 000 years ago. Found in Britain in 1919 the hand axe weighs 2.8 kilos and is 30.6 cm long
Hand-axes, blades & harpoonThe two axe-heads on the left are from the Middle Palaeolithic about 40, 000 BC; the three specimens on the right are from the Upper Palaeolithic abot 20, 000 BC (Agfa Film)
Hand-axes & pebble toolLeft to right: Pebble tool from Olduvai about 1.7 million years old; hand-axe about 1 million years old; hand-axe about 350, 000 years old
Hand-Axes
Hand-axeFlint hand-axe of Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) with rounded spall pot-lid split by frost action. Specimen from University of London, Institute of Archaeology
Flint hand axe (label)Photograph of a human-made hand axe, which was discovered in 1859, and is thought to be about 400, 000 years old. This close-up of the label shows the date and initials J.P, for John Prestwich
A Swanscombe Hand AxeOne of many hand axes that have been discovered at the Homo neanderthalensis site of Swanscombe, Kent which was inhabited about 500, 000 to 300, 000 years ago
Flint hand-axeLate Palaeolithic from Farnham, Surrey, England