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Hand axe logo #10101) Archaeological artefact type 2) Paleolithic tool 3) Primitive cutting tool 4) Stone Age artifact 5) Stone age tool
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Hand axe

Hand axe logo #21000 A hand axe or biface is a prehistorical stone tool with two faces that is the longest-used tool in human history. It is usually composed of flint or chert. It is characteristic of the lower Acheulean and middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian) periods. Its technical name (biface) comes from the fact that the archetypical model is a generally bifacial Lit...
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