PPT Slide
_____The first humans used sharp stones as tools. "The emergence of a flaked-stone technology
during the course of hominid evolution marks a radical behavioral departure from the rest of the
animal world and constitutes the first definitive evidence in the prehistoric record of a simple cultural
tradition, or one based upon learning. Although other animals Archaeological evidence shows a
geometric increase in the sophistication and complexity of hominid stone technology over time since
its earliest beginnings 3-2 m.y. ago. Stone is the principal material found in nature that is both very
hard and able to produce superb working edges when fractured A wide range of tasks can be
performed such as meat cutting and bone breaking". [quoted from Tattersall et al.eds, op.cit., p.