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Old Stone age: Acheulean handaxe

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Acheulean handaxe from Ethiopia, taken from US government site and therefore public domain in US

'A stone tool from the Kibish formation. The tool was found near the town of Kibish, location of the archaeology dig where human bones believed to be 195,000 years old were discovered along the Omo River in southern Ethiopia. The bones are nearly 40,000 years older than skulls from Herto, Ethiopia, the previous record holders. The team of archaeologists that led the National Science Foundation-supported dig included Ian McDougall of Australian National University, Frank Brown of the University of Utah and John Fleagle of Stony Brook University. Further information is available in NSF Press Release 05-024,

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Public domain This image is a work of a National Science Foundation employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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