Sci & Tech● Low49m ago · Nov 9, 2026, 3:00 PM
Prehistoric Britons may have made giant stone axes to show off
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Unusually large handaxes weighing up to 3 kilograms have puzzled archaeologists because they are so unwieldy, but their function may have been purely symbolic
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