by Berhane Asfaw (Author), Gen Suwa (Author), Katsuhiro Sano (Author)

This book presents a beautiful photo collection of the Konso stone tools, the Acheulean artifacts. These artifacts include the world's oldest stone tools shaped to preconceived form. The volume illustrates early stone tool technology and its development from 1.75 to fewer than 1 million years ago.

Author Biography

Gen Suwa is a professor at the University of Tokyo.

Yonas Beyene is a paleolithic archeologist at the Association for the Conservation of Culture.

Katsuhiro Sano is associate professor at Waseda University.

Berhane Asfaw is a paleoanthropologist at the Rift Valley Research Service.