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Hand Axe

By Michael Alan Prestwood

Author and Natural Philosopher

07 Jul 2021
Published 5 years ago.
Updated 2 years ago.
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Hand Axe

1.76 Million BCE
70,400 Generations Ago (from 2020 CE)

By about 1.76 million BCE, early humans began to create hand axes. They would strike really large flakes, then continue to shape them around the edges. On the right, the hand axe pictured dates to circa 1.1 million BCE. It was found at Isampur, India.

 

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