The Primitive Arts: How an Expert Crafts Stone-Age Hunting Tools by Hand We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › ...

Knapping a hand ax requires the neophyte craftsperson to master a percussive technology that involves using a handheld “hammer” of stone, bone or antler to chip flakes off a stone, shaping it ...

Mysterious rock depicted in 15th-century painting is most likely a Stone Age tool Why medieval painter Jean Fouquet chose to depict Acheulean hand ax remains a mystery.

Researchers report identifying Europe’s oldest stone hand axes at Spanish sites dating to 900,000 and 760,000 years ago.