Biface du Paléolithique Paleolithic Hand-axe

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BIFACE DU PALÉOLITHIQUE PALEOLITHIC HAND-AXE Acheulean (Est.150,000-600,000 BP) Mauritania, Sahara, North Africa This superb specimen dates from the Acheulean complex of stone tool production, and was fashioned by our ancestor Homo erectus in the area that is now northern Mauritania. So early are these human remains, that when first discovered...

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