Olduvai Handaxe
A History of the World in 100 Objects
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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