'Giant' 300,000-year-old hand ax found in England may have been used for prehistoric butchery

A person holds a prehistoric hand ax with two hands against a blue background.

Archaeologists in Kent, England have unearthed a collection of prehistoric hand axes that are among the largest and oldest known stone tools found in Britain.

The ancient artifacts, two of which researchers classified as "giant handaxes," are so enormous that they would've been unwieldy to handle and likely required two hands to operate. The longest in the group measured almost a foot (29.6 centimeters) long, according to a statement.