Stone-age flint hand axes. Close-up of prehistoric Neanderthal axes made out of shaped flint. These stone-age tools are thought to have been made by N

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Stone-age flint hand axes. Close-up of prehistoric Neanderthal axes made out of shaped flint. These stone-age tools are thought to have been made by Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis), and dates from the Middle Palaeolithic (Mousterian) era (around 300,000 to 30,000 years ago).

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