Researchers have made a spectacular discovery – a hand axe constructed from animal bones used by members of Homo erectus. Researchers have made a spectacular discovery – a hand axe constructed from animal bones used by members of Homo erectus. Following an analysis of the hand axe, the team observed at least 44 secondary flake scars that were up to one inch long. ‘This bone hand axe is the oldest known extensively flaked example from the Early Pleistocene.’And it is only the second hand axe found from this period that is made from bone. In, 2013 a new hand bone had been discovered developed between 1.7 million years ago and 800,000 years ago.

Source: Daily Mail July 14, 2020 22:07 UTC