Homo heidelbergensis

extinct species of the genus Homo

species of mammal (fossil)

The Clactonian is the name given by archaeologists to an industry of European flint tool manufacture that dates to the early part of the Hoxnian Interglacial (corresponding to the global Marine Isotope Stage 11 and the continental Holstein Interglacial) around 424–415,000 years ago. Clactonian tools were made by Homo heidelbergensis. The Clactonian is primarily distinguished from the (globally) contemporaneous Acheulean industry by its lack of use of handaxe tools.

8 wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic, excavated in 1994–1998 in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany