Stone Age Acheulean Hand Axe - paleolithic

The Hand Axe represents a large technological advancement in

early hominins and is a marker for the Achulean stone tool industry.

This industry is defined by the ability to create bifacial tools, in

comparison to the rudimentary tools of the Oldowan industry

associated with Homo habilis and Australopithecines. Hand axes of

this style are the archeological signature of our ancestors Homo

Erectus, who created these tools for butchering large game. It could

also be poignant to say that according to some these tools

represent the first form of art, as Homo Erectus made use of soft

hammers (bone, antler) to create symmetrical and desirable

shapes.

It is thought that Acheulean technologies first developed about 2

million years ago. In contrast to an Oldowan tool, which is the result

of a fortuitous and probably unplanned operation to obtain one

sharp edge on a stone, an Acheulean tool is a planned result of a

manufacturing process. The last known occurrence of Homo

Erectus is 108,000 to 117,000 years ago (H. e. soloensis) in

Southeast Asia. This makes the Hand Axe the longest used tool in

Human history.

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