Flint stone

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Flint is a rock that has been used to make stone tools and weapons for over 2 million years. It is also used to create sparks and as a gemstone.

two hands striking stones together to make stone flakes

The Middle Paleolithic or Middle Stone Age marks the period of time subsequent to the Lower Paleolithic, characterized by the rise and decline of the Neanderthals and their culture. The predominant industry of this era is termed the Mousterian.

This fun, unique coloring page introduces students to common tools of the Neolithic (New Stone Age): a stone tranchet, stone pick, stone mallet, horn axe, horn hammer, polished stone axe-hammer, flint arrowhead, and flint knife.

Hand Axe, 300,000 years old, flint. This teardrop-shaped stone tool is from the celebrated Paleolithic site of Saint-Acheul, in northern France, which gave its name to the Acheulean technology. Though stone tools date back at least 2.6 million years, this tool is around 300,000 years old and was collected between 1883 and 1890.

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In the beginning, there was design. Before any other human discipline, even before the dawn of mankind its self, design was a practice passed down from generation to generation of early humans. Today, everything that has been designed–space ships, buildings, pyramids, weapons, clothing , artwork, everything–can be traced back to a single designed object. The first designed object: the Acheulean hand

Eccentric Flint, Unknown, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico, 600–900 CE, Stone, Chert.