Massive Ice Age axe

Obviously the product of a stone age arms race , psy-op ... or simply bling . :)
 
Interesting. My understanding is that the human species is just 300,000 years old -- and that is from findings in Africa. I didn't expect to see people that far back in Britain, especially with advanced stone axes.
 
Twindog said:
Interesting. My understanding is that the human species is just 300,000 years old -- and that is from findings in Africa. I didn't expect to see people that far back in Britain, especially with advanced stone axes.
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That's just us "Modern" Humans.
 
".. they seem too big to be easily used." By whom? The average archeologist? I'm just a guy who messes around in the woods but if I were to try and make use of that I'd straddle a good sized log, put what I'm cutting in front of me on the log, grab the top of the axe with both hands, raise it up overhead as far as my arms reach and bring it straight down.
 
Twindog said:
Interesting. My understanding is that the human species is just 300,000 years old -- and that is from findings in Africa. I didn't expect to see people that far back in Britain, especially with advanced stone axes.
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Neanderthals were all over Europe for better than 400,000 years ( arguably)till they were bred out of existence..
Odds are its made by them
 
coolbreezy37 said:
They were quite robust as well, from my understanding. Definitely feasible that they had the strength and dexterity to handle something like this large hand axe effectively.
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Absolutely.... Shorter and broader they were.......There's a pretty good book series fiction but based on a lot of research..... The Earth's Children..... The Clan of the Cave Bear is the first......They made a movie in the 80's that was awful but the books are.pretty damn interesting....
 
jfk1110 said:
Absolutely.... Shorter and broader they were.......There's a pretty good book series fiction but based on a lot of research..... The Earth's Children..... The Clan of the Cave Bear is the first......They made a movie in the 80's that was awful but the books are.pretty damn interesting....
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Hmm. I like to research, I’ll have to check that out.
 
coolbreezy37 said:
Hmm. I like to research, I’ll have to check that out.
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I loved the series..An incredible look at life 30,000 years ago and.its daily grind......Some flint knapping too!!!
One.of the main characters is a flint knapper!!!! He arrives in book 2 though but I think.you might get into all the different stuff.
Let me know what you think if & when you delve into it..
 
coolbreezy37 said:
They were quite robust as well, from my understanding. Definitely feasible that they had the strength and dexterity to handle something like this large hand axe effectively.
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Exactly. Neanderthals or early Homo Sapiens they were using their bodies daily. No fat people, no weak arms. Probably had a body fat percentage that would make a pro bodybuilder envious. Being out of shape is a fully modern thing for everyone except the very wealthy like Henry VIII. An English war bowman could pull a 100lb plus bow routinely, over and over.
 
Twindog said:
Interesting. My understanding is that the human species is just 300,000 years old -- and that is from findings in Africa. I didn't expect to see people that far back in Britain, especially with advanced stone axes.
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Ya, they said might date that far back. Not sure why they would think it was that old and they gave no details. I think Britain didn't split off from mainland Europe until six to ten thousand years ago, so it was part of Europe then.

Juding from the pictures it was broken and pieced back together by the archeologists. If it had been broken in use why was the flint not repurposed? Maybe just left on site and never recovered or was it an offering?
 
Yup. Super fascinating. I took archaeology in college and little bits and pieces have stuck with me. I really enjoyed learning about all the different dating methods because that’s like magic as far as I’m concerned (The wife does nuclear medicine so some things were easier for me to grasp than others). Crazy to see various hand-made tools that have been dated, and imagine what types of creatures made them, used them, and how their brains worked. I just saw the BBC article this morning so haven’t had time to read it in full and go down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. The earth will be here long after we’re gone from it and I sometimes wonder who or what will encounter the bones of our civilization and what it will mean for them.
 
Imagine the number of hand axes made over 10s of 1000s of years. Now consider how minute a % have been found and studied. This XXL axe may seem like an anomaly based on what has been discovered, but may very well have been the norm for primitive peoples.

The giantologists will certainly be excited.
 
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