flake tool
noun
: a Stone-Age tool that is a flake of stone struck off from a larger piece
called also flake
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The deer bone beside Skull 5, for example, had a stone flake tool embedded in it, and tool marks on some of the other animal bones suggest the hominids, at least occasionally, enjoyed the choicest cuts.
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
The researchers uncovered thousands of stone flake tools used for cutting and scraping.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 25 Feb. 2020
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2015
The researchers uncovered thousands of stone flake tools used for cutting and scraping.
—Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 25 Feb. 2020
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