In the Production of an Acheulean Handaxe, Numerous Stone Flakes

In the production of an Acheulean handaxe, numerous stone flakes were produced. Wear pattern analysis has shown that these flakes:

A) are simply waste and served no further function
B) were buried with the dead, implying the use of symbols among these hominins
C) were used as cutting and scraping tools
D) were placed on arrow shafts and used in hunting