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The earliest stone toolmaking developed by at least 2.6 million years ago. The Early Stone Age includes the most basic stone toolkits made by early humans. The Early Stone Age in Africa is equivalent to what is called the Lower Paleolithic in Europe and Asia.

The oldest stone tools, known as the Oldowan toolkit, consist of at least:

• Hammerstones that show battering on their surfaces

• Stone cores that show a series of flake scars along one or more edges

• Sharp stone flakes that were struck from the cores and offer useful cutting edges, along with lots of debris from the process of percussion flaking

By about 1.76 million years ago, early humans began to strike really large flakes and then continue to shape them by striking smaller flakes from around the edges. The resulting implements included a new kind of tool called a handaxe. These tools and other kinds of ‘large cutting tools’ characterize the Acheulean toolkit.

The basic toolkit, including a variety of novel forms of stone core, continued to be made. It and the Acheulean toolkit were made for an immense period of time – ending in different places by around 400,000 to 250,000 years ago. From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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Tools by Clare-White

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Multitude of Tools by PACO WEAVING

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Universal tool by Colink321

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Tool by Lily

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Part of an old wrench.

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Tool by Ella

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Round nose pliers used in beading for making loops, spirals and gripping things. HMM!

Hulpjes / Tools by Roeli Til

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Eén mixer garde met in de achtergrond gekleurde pannensponsjes ;-)

One mixer whisk with colored pan sponges in the background ;-)

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Tools with holes by LaR0b

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Tools by Gerolf Kunde

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Hilfsmittel für den Mechaniker der Dampfmaschinen im Pumpwerk Wouda-Gemaal/ Lemmer, NL / Maintenance tools and aids for the steam engine mechanic at the Wouda Steam Pumping Station, Lemmer (NL)

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Dads Tools by Richard Hammond

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Oldtimers by Nek_Z@n

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tool by Stephen Whiting

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#Tools#……Werkzeuge…. by Chrisrumma

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Tools city by Pedro Javier Teruel

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Hand tools by Matthew Cackett

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Bunch of allen keys kept on a handy key ring which I found yesterday by accident when looking for a different tool. Can never find them when I need them! HMM!

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Art tools by Maria

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Territ de tres dits - Correlimos tridactilo - Sanderling - Bécasseau sanderling - Calidris alba by Patricia HOEDTS

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Badia de Roses (Catalunya) Spain

The right tools by Michael Kent

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