Set of 6 Fossil Hominid Tools from East Africa MS-201-SET $328.00 Order This / View Your Cart 1.5-1.2 MYA. This set of 6 Oldowan and Acheulean artifacts includes hand axes, choppers, a cleaver and spheroid tool from East Africa. Individual specimens may be purchased separately or at a savings if purchased as a collection. Please refer to the chart below for a description of the individual items. Hominid Tools Larger Image. Please Use Your Back Button To Return To This Page.

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Item # Size Description Price Order Photo MS-201 1 3/4" round Oldowan Spheroid Tool - 1.75 MYA. This tool is a common object at many sites at Olduvai Gorge in East Africa, but there is no agreement on its use. Louis Leakey thought they might have been tied together in threes, like a "bolo," and thrown around the legs of prey. It's more likely that they were used as pounding stones to break down vegetable material or break into bones for marrow. $41.00 Order This Photo MS-202 3 1/4" L x 3"W x 3/4"H Oldowan Bifacial Chopper - 1.5 MYA from East Africa. Rounded edge, a river cobble, flaked from both sides. Used to cut or chop wood or bone. $49.00 Order This Photo MS-203 3 1/4" L x 3"W x 1 1/4" H Oldowan Bifacial Chopper - 1.5 MYA from East Africa. A river cobble, flaked from both sides. Used to cut or chop wood or bone. $43.00 Order This Photo MS-204 3 1/4" L x 3"W x 1 1/4" H Oldowan Hand Axe - 1.5 MYA from East Africa. A primitive hand axe, chipped over the entire surface. Used to cut or chop wood or bone. $92.00 Order This Photo MS-205 5"Lx 3"W x 1 1/2"H Acheulean Cleaver - 1.2 MYA from East Africa. A typical tool of the Acheulean tool kit, the flat end was probably used to scrape meat from bones, or flesh from hides. Also used to chop wood. $69.00 Order This Photo MS-206 6 3/4"L x 4 1/2" W x 1 1/2"H Acheulean Hand Axe - 1.2 MYA from East Africa. The definitive tool of the Acheulean. Although the size varies, the ovoid shape and the proportions remain very consistent over all of Africa, Europe and the Middle East, for more than a million years. Their use is controversial. Edge wear analysis shows that some were used for ordinary purposes like cutting meat and wood. However, the consistent shape and proportions over such a long period have led some to claim that they were missiles; that is, they were thrown. Research conducted at UCLA involved students throwing actual hand axes [not casts]. This research has shown that the axes have some very real aerodynamic properties, and with only a little practice, a student with a strong arm was quickly able to become fairly proficient at hitting a target. $69.00 Order This