Prehistoric flint hand axe, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is the edge of a flint axe, which has been sharpened to a fine point. Th

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Prehistoric flint hand axe, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). This is the edge of a flint axe, which has been sharpened to a fine point. This type of tool was used for a variety of tasks, including butchering animals, cutting wood and hunting. Magnification: x400 when printed at 10 centimetres wide.

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Size: 4000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anthropological, anthropology, axe, blade, coloured, cutting, edge, false-coloured, flint, fossil, hand, historical, history, hominid, hominids, hominin, man, palaeoanthropology, palaeontology, paleoanthropology, paleontology, prehistoric, prehistory, sem, sharp, sharpened, stone, tool