Olduvai Handaxe
A History of the World in 100 Objects
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Is There One Last Secret in the Stone?
The handax was made essentially in the same way and in the same shape for over a million years. It must be the most successful piece of human technology in history. But is there one last secret in the stone? Our hand ats is just a bit too large to use easily. Why would you make it like that? I showed it to an expert in egonomic design, sir james dyson. He said: "It looks me more like a show object, a decorative object, than a practical tool"
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