Olduvai stone chopping tool
1.8 million years ago · Resource
A basalt pebble flaked on two sides to form a cutting edge, found at Olduvai Gorge and the oldest object in the British Museum. Among the earliest deliberately made tools, evidence that technology began in Africa.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1800000 BCE
- Homo erectus emerges (1900000 BCE)