The Bose toolmakers also used a similar manufacturing process that involved dislodging of many large flakes, often on both sides of a stone core, and edge shaping. Missing still are the beautifully styled, teardrop-shaped implements that have been the hallmark of the end of the handaxe tradition, after 800,000 years ago in western Eurasia and Africa. What Potts, Clark and colleagues discovered in the Bose Basin is the behavior that goes with it, the competence to make them. Asia's oldest axe tools discovered. Discovery Channel Canada.
Archeologists find Asia's oldest stone axe tools.
Oldest stone axes in China discovered. Tools Reveal Ancient High-Tech China. We will frequently introduce new highlights that come from our research, collections, exhibits, and projects.