How old are the earliest Stone Age tools found in Rhineland-Palatinate?

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Mainz: St. Martin's Cathedral — Rhineland-Palatinate St. Martin's Cathedral in Mainz, Germany.

The earliest archaeological remains found in Rhineland-Palatinate are Stone Age tools that are at least 100,000 years old, with some estimates suggesting they may be as old as 300,000 years.1