Tag: Tool-making


  • Oldest Elephant Bone Tool Discovered in Europe: A 480,000-Year-Old Axe Sharpener

    Oldest Elephant Bone Tool Discovered in Europe: A 480,000-Year-Old Axe Sharpener

    Introduction: A Window into Europe’s Ancient Tech A tiny, triangular artifact has rewritten parts of Europe’s early technological story. Dated to roughly 480,000 years ago, the bone tool—crafted from an elephant’s leg bone—has been identified as an axe sharpener used by archaic human relatives in what is now Britain. This discovery not only extends the…