Olduvai Handaxe
A History of the World in 100 Objects
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The Handaxe Is Our Passport to the Rest of the World
Hand axes were first made in africa one point six million years ago. They arrived in southern europe and parts of asia just under a million years ago, and reached britain somewhere between 600 thousand and 500 thousand years ago. As they moved north, these early hand ax makers became the first britons. Nick ashton has been excavating on the norfolk coast. The hand axe is about to accompany us on a huge journey.
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