Stone Flake from Lokalalei, Kenya

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Object Details

Discovered by

A team led by Hélène Roche and Mzalendo Kibunjia

Summary

Early humans in East Africa used hammerstones to strike stone cores and produce sharp flakes. When these stone flakes were removed from this stone core from, it also created sharp edges. For more than 2 million years, early humans used these tools to cut, pound, crush, and access new foods—including meat and bone marrow from large animals.

Age

About 2.3 million years old

Date of discovery

1997

Site

Lokalalei, Kenya

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

dpo_3d_200115