1.2-Million-Year-Old Obsidian Axe Factory Found In Ethiopia
(www.iflscience.com)
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Should be of no surprise to anyone who has read "Forbidden Archeology" by Richard Thompson and Michael Cremo:
http://library.lol/main/93704922E8126096B0D5898D2D844890
The axes are attributed to an "unknown hominid species" in the article since humans like us were not supposed to be around back then. But if you read Forbidden Archeology you'll understand it was probably humans very much like us modern humans. In most respects biologically equivalent.
It has quite a few illustrations but nothing that would prevent listening as an audio book. You can always consult the book later to see a described illustration don't know if one is available though. There is also a condensed version of the book available, edited by the authors themselves:
http://library.lol/main/CB6282F334A6AD1A2A09D18FAD9EA24C
it's a good book. audio only is still worth it.
Handaxes like that only from different materials have been around since 1.6 million years ago. They are literally the oldest known hand tools made by hominids.
They were certainly not made by people like us. Homo Sapiens made much more advanced tools.