Tools of early humans

1. By Cole Daniels-Heald

2. Early humans began to appear approximately 1.2-4
million years ago and were the beginning of modern
day humans. For early humans life was a competition
for survival so they had to come up with ways to make
surviving easier so they began to create tools.

3. very first known “Pre human Hominoid”
Scientists studies have learned they were more
apelike but walked on two legs instead of all four
a small brain so it only used tools that it found like a
stick to put into an ant hill or a sharp stone
 studies suggested that Australopithecus was
omnivorous. Meaning that Australopithecus must
have used tools to hunt/capture animals or they just
scavenged off remains.

4. First discovered by Mary and Louise Leakey between
1962 and 1964.
The first to create tools.
Was able to hunt (simple).
Could use but not make fire.
Could make crude shelters.
Could make stone tools for cutting and chopping by
knocking off stone flakes which eventually sharpened
it to a point.

5. Discovered by Dutch anatomist Eugene Dubois in
1886
Were more like us than earlier humans, were the
same size as us but were stronger.
Smarter than Homo habilis but could still not talk.
Could create fire.
Could make complex tools like hand axes and tools
for butchering.
Could hunt African and Asian game.

6. Found near Neanderthal Germany.
Lived During part of an ice age.
To begin with scientists only found one Neanderthal.
Neanderthals were taller, Stronger and maybe smarter
than.
Scientists believe that causes of their extinction could
be disease or were killed off by another form of man.

7. Found in Cro-Magnon (a region of France).
Scientist believe they could speak which made it far
easier to explain suggest and create.
Found a way to cure and store food for the winter.
Learned how to fish with nets and hooks.
Cro-Magnons however still could not farm.
Learned how to make boats.
Could sew and create clothing and jewelry.
Created the first ranged weapon and tool the bow and
arrow.

8. Began the era of technology.
The first to use metal tools (began around 300 AD).
Began to use simple machines such as the lever the
pulley and the screw.
Learned how to farm and grow crops.
Learned cures to various diseases.
Created ways to find and access information quickly.
Created ways to move things and get places early
examples are a cat and buggy but a more modern one
is the car or truck.

9. Obviously early humans could not have survived
without learning how to create and use tools to their
benefit. The early uses of tools have now evolved into
the useful and advanced technology we see today.
This technology has been used to find cures to
diseases and many problems but has also created
many problems itself. However many of the tools that
early humans used are still here today such as spears
and axes and knives, and no matter how advanced
technology may get I’m quite certain that people will
still be putting sticks into anthills.

10. Ancient World Text Book
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus#Diet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdevers/5049110775/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology#Metal_tools
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/116012103/

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