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.

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Around 1800000 BCE

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