Early humans tools

A study suggests Neanderthals were booted out of modern-day central Portugal by Homo sapiens about 5,000 years before researchers had previously ascertained

This fun, unique coloring page introduces students to common tools of the Neolithic (New Stone Age): a stone tranchet, stone pick, stone mallet, horn axe, horn hammer, polished stone axe-hammer, flint arrowhead, and flint knife.

A scientific consortium led by Dr. Eleanor Scerri, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has found that human ancestors were scattered across Africa, and largely kept apart by a combination of diverse habitats and shifting environmental boundaries, such as forests and deserts. Millennia of separation gave rise to a staggering diversity of human forms, whose mixing ultimately shaped our…

The Neolithic Age was approximately 10,000 to 3,000 years ago. It was the beginning of the end of the Stone Age, when copper was first used, and the beginning of organized agriculture and settlement. Stone tools were the norm, but began to be more sophisticated, specialized, and were often polished to a fine finish. Rocks with a high percentage of silicium dioxide (SiO2) were best suited for tools, as a sharp blow causes pieces to "flake" off, leaving sharp edges.

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A new study published in the journal Science Advances has found evidence of Neanderthals creating stone tools that are held together using a multi-component adhesive. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News

Stone tools were made from a variety of rocks. These tools were the primary means for early humans to shape their environment and meet their daily needs. The Evolution of Tool Making: An Ancient Art The earliest known invention by humans was the creation of sharp flints. It was found and used in its natural […] The post Stone Tools: Witnesses to Humanity’s Early Ingenuity appeared first on Raj Tech.

A 'toolkit' found in Sri Lanka adds to growing evidence that early humans inhabited many ecosystems, not just open grasslands