Friday, December 17, 2004

500,000 Year Old Axe Found

Despite being half and million years old the tool is very well-preserved and will eventually go on show at Warwickshire Museum. Amongst other things, the hand axe would have been used for butchering animals, but what is perhaps most intriguing about it is that it is made of a type of volcanic rock called andesite.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh/ART25245.html

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