Hands Through Time · Sayali M. Patil
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3.30 million years ago
Hands Through Time
Lomekwi flakes and cores · 3.3 million years ago
3.3 million years · 10 eras · 30 objects

Hands
Through Time

Every object here, from a struck stone to a 3D print, records a hand shaping material to an idea. Scroll to travel →

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Lomekwi flakes and cores
Scroll to travel through 10 eras
3.3 million years · 10 eras · 30 objects

Hands
Through Time

Every object here, from a struck stone to a 3D print, records a hand shaping material to an idea. Scroll down to travel through time, or jump to an era below.

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The time scale

If 3.3 million years were one day

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The spine

Follow the axe

One tool, seven forms, 3.3 million years. Tap a step to jump to it in the timeline. SWIPE →

Vedic echoes

One text, c. 1500–1200 BCE, remembering crafts far older than itself
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Rigveda
Date debated: traditional (timeless), astronomical (~4500 BCE) and early indigenous (~3000 BCE) views.
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