Clacton Spear

Clacton Spear
Clacton Spear at the Natural History Museum, London
MaterialYew
Sizelength: 387 mm
width: 39 mm
Createdc. 410,000 years ago
Discovered1911
Clacton-on-Sea, England
Discovered bySamuel Warren
Present locationLondon, England

The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is the oldest known worked wooden implement.

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