The tools, which are more than 300,000-year-old, are so big they are difficult to handle. The 300,000-year-old tools, slabs of flint chipped on both sides to create jagged edges, were found among than 800 artifacts buried on a hillside above the Medway Valley in Kent. "We describe these tools as 'giants' when they are over 22cm long and we have two in this size range," senior archaeologist Letty Ingrey of the UCL Institute of Archeology said in a press release. The largest of the two hand axes, which is about 12 inches long, is "one of the longest ever found in Britain," said Ingrey, who participated in the excavation. Archaeologists think these types of tools were typically used to butcher or skin animals. But these particular hand axes "are so big it's difficult to imagine how they could have been easily held and used," Ingrey said. "Perhaps they fulfilled a less practical or more symbolic function than other tools, a clear demonstration of strength and skill," she said. Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/300000-year-giant-hand-axes-ice-age-sediments-england-mystery-2023-7
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