Handaxes, stone tools uncovered at the Acheulian site north of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (IMAGE)

Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee

Handaxes, stone tools uncovered at the Acheulian site north of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov

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The elephant remains were discovered alongside basalt handaxes and cleavers, hallmark tools of the Acheulian tradition, one of the earliest and most widespread stone-tool technologies in human history.

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Photos and illustrations courtesy of Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee and Hannah Farrell, University of Haifa

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