Though not the earliest stone tools, handaxes were made for over a million years, first in Africa from around 1.6 million years ago, and then all over the world as early humans journeyed out from Africa. Here is a selection from different periods.
Olduvai handaxe
Found: Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in east Africa.
Date: 1.1-1.2 million years old
See more See more: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1551794&partId=1&searchText=Olduvai+handaxe&page=1Quartz handaxe from Olduvai Gorge
Found: Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in east Africa.
Date: 800,000 years ago
See more See more: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/stone-handaxe/vAEJaM2CK6iu1ABoxgrove handaxe
Found: Boxgrove, West Sussex, England.
Date: 500,000 years old
See more See more: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3521037&partId=1&place=39356|39356&object=22300&view=list&page=1Hoxne handaxe
Found: Hoxne in Suffolk, England.
Date: 400,000 years old
See more See more: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/h/hoxne_handaxe.aspxGray's Inn Road handaxe
Found: London in 1679 with the bones of what looked like an elephant.
Date: 350,000 years old
See more See more: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3071307&partId=1&searchText=Gray%27s+Inn+Road+handaxe&page=1Dorset sub-triangular handaxe
Found: Strouden, Dorset, England.
Date: 50,000 years old
See more See more: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_prb/s/sub-triangular_handaxe.aspx