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Hoxne handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, about 400,000 years ago, from Hoxne, Suffolk, England. This handaxe has been carefully flaked on both faces to produce a pointed form. The two sharp cutting edges mean that the handaxe could have been used as a general purpose butchery tool, or for other cutting tasks.The site at Hoxne has been the subject of several excavations. The most recent, in the 1970s, uncovered extensive flint working areas on the edge of an ancient river. Analysis of pollen and of animal bones, including elephant, rhinoceros and lion, has shown that humans occupied the site towards the end of a warm period, or interglacial, about 400,000 years ago. This period has been named the 'Hoxnian interglacial' after the site. P&EE, Society of Antiquaries Loan
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Hoxne handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, about 400,000 years ago, from Hoxne, Suffolk,...

The Gouffre at Padirac, Massif Centrale, France. The Cave has a depth of 103 m, and is 99 m around its rim. The average diameter is 35 m.
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The Gouffre at Padirac, Massif Centrale, France. The Cave has a depth of 103 m,...

The Gouffre at Padirac, France. "Virgin and Child".
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The Gouffre at Padirac, France. "Virgin and Child".

Oval chopping tool
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Oval chopping tool

Arrow heads. Palaeolithic stone age
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Arrow heads. Palaeolithic stone age

Spearheads, arrows and flints from excarvations at Lisen and Ondranice.
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Spearheads, arrows and flints from excarvations at Lisen and Ondranice.

Head of ox on stone from Riparo Tagliente, Italy. Palaeolithic stone age
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Head of ox on stone from Riparo Tagliente, Italy. Palaeolithic stone age

Prehistoric stonecarvings at Siega Verde, Salamanca, Spain.
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Prehistoric stonecarvings at Siega Verde, Salamanca, Spain.

Prehistoric stonecarvings at Siega Verde, Salamanca, Spain.
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Prehistoric stonecarvings at Siega Verde, Salamanca, Spain.

Burial chamber of an adolescent male lying in a bed of red ochre with a large number of grave goods, nicknamed "Il Principe" ("The Prince"). From the archaeological site of Arene Candide on the Ligurian coast near Savona, Italy. Dated to the Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) period.
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Burial chamber of an adolescent male lying in a bed of red ochre with a large nu...

Burial chamber of "Man of Menton" from the caves of Balzi Rossi. Bones and soil around the skelleton showed an intense red color, caused by powder of ochre the corpse was sprinkled with. The skull was adorned with marine shells. Upper Palaeolithic
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Burial chamber of "Man of Menton" from the caves of Balzi Rossi. Bones and soil...

Neanderthal skull from La Ferrassie, France, dating to approximately 35,000 years ago. The archaeological site at La Ferrassie in the Dordogne has one of the best examples of Neanderthal collective burial places.
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Neanderthal skull from La Ferrassie, France, dating to approximately 35,000 year...