Interestingly, all the artifacts were found on the surface of the ground, not buried deep in the soil. These artifacts include ancient hand axes from the Early or Old Paleolithic, also known as the ...

Egberts collected over 850 artifacts, ranging from very old hand axes from the Early or Old Paleolithic to Levallois reduction flakes from the Middle Paleolithic, all surface material.

This axe, discovered in 1859, was the first strong evidence that we have been here for much longer. It is thought to be around 400,000 years old and, since then, even older stone tools have been ...

A trip to a museum years later showed him that what he really had was likely a Neanderthal hand axe. Experts believe the flint axe was carved between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago. It’s not so ...

These artifacts include ancient hand axes from the Early or Old Paleolithic, also known as the Old Stone Age. The press release suggests these hand axes could be 1.5 million years old. Researchers ...