Flint handaxe, dated to between 500,000 and 180,000 years ago (Lower Paleolithic). The axe belongs to the Acheulean lithic culture, associated with early hominins such as Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis. Acheulean handaxes have been found at sites such as Boxgrove in southern England, as well as roughly contemporary sites in Africa; they were ultimately supplanted by the more sophisticated Levallois stone tools of the Mousterian culture associated with the Neanderthals.
This handaxe was found in Hampshire, England, UK. It is now in the British Museum.
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