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1 - 6 CopClim Dating Fossils Pres 2bf8xxo
heidelbergensis” (University of Reading & University of Brighton), with Schools Prehistory &
Archaeology (http://www.schoolsprehistory.co.uk/)
Dating tools
Try to date the stone tools on the next page by
deciding which would have taken more or less skill to
make. In general, more skilfully made stone tools were
made more recently.
There are also some clues about which hominin
species made them to help you.
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Archaeology (http://www.schoolsprehistory.co.uk/)
(6) Upper Palaeolithic projectile point, made (5) Middle Palaeolithic projectile point, made by
by H. sapiens Neanderthals
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3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Oldowan#/media/File:Canto_tallado_2-Guelmim-Es_Semara.jpg
10. By José-Manuel Benito Álvarez (España) —> Locutus Borg - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1707288
11. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?
search=neanderthal+handaxe&title=Special:Search&go=Go&uselang=en-
gb&searchToken=c1isesrfh8dv7ls8tn3vhj549#/media/File:Middle_Palaeolithic_boute-coup
%C3%A9_handaxe_(FindID_438220).jpg
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14. By Didier Descouens, 9 October 2010. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike 4.0 International license. CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11738805