Left-handed Mousterian hand axe
As I was browsing through images of Mousterian (therefore Neanderthal) stone-age tools, I found this description of a left-handed axe, made of jasper, that "fits like a glove in the left hand only:"Natural openings in the jasper used as finger pockets. Ingenious and masterfully executed grip design with finger pockets on BOTH sides and a round, bulbous proximal end to distribute impact shock across entire palm.
Labels: archaeology, Europe, hominids


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