Human Evolution



			Within this section: Introduction About Human Evolution Skulls Skeletal Details Tools			Tools Sticks and stones picked up unaltered from the ground were probably the only implements used by the great apes and earliest human ancestors. Stones that were smashed and broken to give a jagged edge on one end became the first stone tools deliberately made by humans' ancestors. This type of tool is called an oldowan tool, after the tool-making industry in the Olduvai Gorge. Stones that have been struck repeatedly with another stone (the hammer stone) to remove flakes and give it a distinct shape belong to the acheulean tool industry. Later on, tools became more specialised, with more flakes being removed from stones and their edges worked more finely. These tools belong to the mousterian tool industry. Tools Core tool Chopper tool Hand axe Blade knife Arrowhead Composite tool Ground edge axe Aboriginal tools Grinding stone Waisted axe More information More information about stone tools Top

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