Child Playing On Beach Stumbles on Strange-Looking Shiny Stone, Turns Out to Be 60,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Hand Axe ...

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 ...

Adding to the plethora of intelligent crafting was a collection of hand axes ... Most Stone Age axe workshops were previously known to create flint blades.

"The flint axe was the Swiss Army knife of its time ... it's beautifully balanced and a pleasure to hold in your hand. It's really hard to get your mind around the fact that the person who ...

This piece reminds me of how advanced we have become since the early days of mankind when flint provided a means to survive. I have often found flint tools/scrapers in the fields surrounding my ...