Stone Age Hand Axes Found at Bottom of North Sea


	Stone Age Hand Axes Found at Bottom of North Sea

arifsali

3-17-2008 9:20 PM

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3-18-2008 5:19 AM

syncopath

it is interesting 2know of what tribe/nation ? .. i am sure they were not Swiss, they were always very neutrals.... -))

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An amateur archaeologist has found an unprecedented collection of Stone Age hand axes among material collected at the bottom of the North Sea.
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Jan Meulmeester of the Netherlands found 28 axes, possibly up to 100,000 years old, in marine sand and gravel scooped up by a British construction materials supplier.
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He also found fragments of bones, teeth, tusks, and antlers from mammoths and other animals that had likely been butchered with the utensils. 
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Early humans used the stone tools for several purposes, much like today's Swiss army knives.
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During ice-age periods of the Paleolithic era, which ended about 10,000 years ago, sea levels were lower and the North Sea was <A href="http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/habitats/grassland-profile.html?nav=A-Z">grassland</A> hunting grounds. 
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The axes's discovery proves that artifacts from that ancient period remain exceptionally well preserved below the seafloor, experts say. 
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