Stone Age

Life
By Grace & Samara

Palaeolithic Age (old stone age)

The Palaeolithic is the earliest period of the stone age. Throughout the Palaeolithic,
humans generally lived as nomadic hunter- gatherers. Homo-sapiens originated in
Africa about 150 000 BCE. The Palaeolithic period lasted until the first ice age..

Palaeolithic Tools
Palaeolithic pointed flint handaxe. Found in
terrace gravels of River Medway at
Aylesford, Kent.

Acheulian culture hand

axe found at Aylesford,
Kent, in terrace gravels
of the River Medway.
The axe has lost its tip.

149x83mm

Age: possibly more

than 100,000 years.

Age: possibly greater than 100,000 years.

85x75mm

Palaeolithic large
crude flint ovate.
202 mm x 104 mm.
Found at Warsash,
Hampshire.
Age: possibly more
than 100,000 years.

Palaeolithic 'bout
coup' handaxe
found on field
surface in
Hampshire.
75x50mm
The flat base
indicates
Neanderthal origin.
Age: 30,000 to
40,000 years.