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Detailed explanation-1: -Archaeologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have unearthed fragments from the edge of the world’s oldest-known ground-edge axe, found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tiny stone fragment from north-western Australia is a remnant of the earliest known axe with a handle, archaeologists have claimed. The fingernail-sized sliver of basalt is ground smooth at one end and appears to date from 44 to 49, 000 years ago.

Detailed explanation-3: -Early humans were using stone hand axes as far back as 1.8 million years ago.

Detailed explanation-4: -The axe fragment was found in the same layer of sediment as a charcoal sample that was radiocarbon dated to 48, 875-43, 941 years old.