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FOSSIL hunters were left astonished after finding an axe dating back over 30,000 years on Walton beach. This extremely rare tool can be traced back to the stone ages, with some predictions guessing it could even be up to 180,000 years old. It is believed this artefact was made and used during the Middle Paleolithic stage of human development. This means it would have been fashioned by a near descendent of Neanderthal, living co-operatively in groups supporting each other to survive droughts and capture large prey for food. Steven Walker, a member of the fossil hunters who has lived ...

A Stone Age axe, which is more than 30,000-years-old, was discovered by a fossil hunter on the beach at Walton.

A Stone Age axe, which is more than 30,000-years-old, was discovered by a fossil hunter on the beach at Walton.

FOSSIL hunters were left astonished after finding an axe dating back over 30,000 years on Walton beach. This extremely rare tool can be traced back to the stone ages, with some predictions guessing it could even be up to 180,000 years old. It is believed this artefact was made and used during the Middle Paleolithic stage of human development. This means it would have been fashioned by a near descendent of Neanderthal, living co-operatively in groups supporting each other to survive droughts and capture large prey for food. Steven Walker, a member of the fossil hunters who has lived ...