Cutting tools known as Acheulean hand axes, made by Homo erectus and other early human species from about 1.76 million to 130,000 years ago, represent humanity’s most enduring technology.

THE SEQUENCE OF TYPES IN STONE IMPLEMENTS IN RHODESIA.-Stone implements in South Africa exhibit two definitely demarcated periods of human habitation, one characterised by hand axes of Chellean or ...

Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone hand axes in a style known as the Acheulean—the longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory.

The Acheulean's origin was pushed back further by at least 55,000 years to 1.815-1.823 million years ago. Early stone tool technologies, such as the Oldowan and Acheulean, ...

Two giant hand axes have been uncovered in prehistoric sediment in England. The tools, which are more than 300,000-year-old, are so big they are difficult to handle.

The early Acheulean ~1.6-1.2 Ma from Gona, Ethiopia : issues related to the emergence of the Acheulean in Africa / Sileshi Semaw, Michael J. Rogers, Isabel Cáceres, Dietrich Stout, and Amanda C. Leiss ...

Humans shaped stone axes 1.8 million years ago, study says. A new study suggests that Homo erectus, a precursor to modern humans, was using advanced toolmaking methods in East Africa 1.8 million ...