Acheulean Flint Hand Axe Replica, Stone Age Tool

A teardrop-shaped Acheulean hand axe, flaked on both faces to a pointed tip with a broader, rounded butt. Large flake scars cover the surfaces and the edges show small, wavy retouch, just like a knapped flint biface. The Acheulean is the longest-lasting tool tradition in human history. Hand axes like this first appear in East Africa around 1.7 million years ago, made by Homo erectus, and were still being produced by later archaic humans until roughly 200,000 years ago, across Africa, Europe and…

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