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Hand axes are fairly common finds at sites dating between 2 million and 1 million years old. These sturdy tools have two sides (also called faces) and a sharp edge at one end. But hand axes are ...

A prehistoric stone hand ax discovered in Sainte-Gabelle, Haute-Garonne, France. From the collection of Charles Fouque, currently seen at the Museum of Toulouse. Courtesy of Didier Descouens/Wikimedia ...

What do you get when you combine the functional attributes of a sledgehammer with those of flat- and pick-head axes? You get “the Pig,” a tool that’s advertised as “8 lbs. of total fireground ...

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Learn to forge axes in this instructional video that explores the techniques and tools involved in axe forging. Discover the ...

Our ancestors in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley made some pretty innovative tools. And they made them far earlier than previously thought. The oldest innovations were axes designed to be held in the ...