What humans used before Handaxes: The First Stone Toolmakers
Published April 26, 2026
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Lomekwi 3 stone tools Oldowan Homo habilis Acheulean handaxes West Turkana — what archaeology shows about the earliest known stone toolmakers, about 3.3 million years ago in Kenya. This episode argues that the first widely cited stone tools were not elegant handaxes, but controlled breaks: hammerstones, cores, anvils,…
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