Early humans evolved tools to make their lives easier. The first tools, used by Homo habilis around 2 million years ago, were found stones. Later humans developed more advanced tools like hand axes and blades. Tools helped early humans hunt, process food, and protect themselves, driving the evolution to more intelligent species like Homo erectus, Neanderthals, and Cro-Magnon. The development of tools such as farming equipment allowed modern humans to survive and spread throughout the world.

1. TOOLS USED BY EARLY PEOPLE BY KEVIN C.

2. INTRODUCTION
• About 3 millions B.C.E, the first early human called “Hominid”
appeared on our Earth. They were evolved from apes. Apes are
animals like monkey except they’re bigger and stronger. Hominids
are more apelike than the modern humans, and they can’t stood
upright. Then the hominids evolved to more smarter and stronger
humans. The biggest difference between early humans and apes
are the early men have the abilties to hold things, so tools are being
used after they realized how their hands worked. Tools are the most
important thing invented by early men, it helped them to hunt, make
clothing, and more other uses. The first tools were stones they
picked up on the ground. The first made tool was found 2 million
years ago used by the Homo habilis, but the first hominids knew to
used found tools like sharp stone or branches. The tools helped
them evolved to more smarter human. It make their lives easier and
more comfortable.

3. TOOLS TIME CHART
 This Chart shows when some different kinds of
tools were made.
Pebble tools and Choppers Early hand axes Later hand axes Blades
200 000
2.5 million 1 million 50 000 10 000
Years ago

4. AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS(LUCY)
Where
 Animals have to rely on their Lucy was
abilities, their teeth and claws, found
to use tools. The first humans
appeared on Earth were the A.
afarensis. They have small
brains as a chimpanzee brain, so
they only know how to use found
tools. Found tools are natural
tools found in the natural world.
The A. afarensis were
carnivorous, they ate a large
amount of meat. Because of they
ate a lot of meat, many stones
found on the ground were Found
positively identified as weapons Tools(stones)
to kill animals. They used sharp
branches to cut raw meat and
razor-sharp stones to hunt.
Some scientists also think the A.
afarensis used jaws of zebras to
knock small animals unconscious
and used sharp stones to finish Lucy
them off.

5. HOMO HABILIS
 The Homo habilus were the first
tool makers of human history, so
they were also named Handy man
The Homo habilus started the
stone age by their tool making
skills. The early men didn’t have
strong abilities to fight off Sabre
toothed tigers, cave lions, and
many other dangerous animals.
They had to get smart to survive
in the harsh environment. The
Homo habilus used tools mostly
for scavenging, rather than
hunting and defence, but still,
they started basic hunting with
their stone tools.

6. HOMO ERECTUS
 The Homo erectus is the first
people to make fire, but they still
need to used tools to hunt for
animals to cook. Since they still
need to hunt, they made more
complex tools than the Homo
habilus to let them hunt more
easier. They made the first
powerful and dangerous hand axe
to help them hunt bigger and
more dangerous animals. Although
the huge and strong mammoths
were hard to hunt, the Homo
habilus worked very well as a
group. They are the first people
ever to hunt the large mammoths
for more meat to eat.

7. HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS
 The Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis
were very strong, smarter, and much
taller than the modern humans, but
they died mysteriously. They had
made the most powerful weapon that
human had ever hold, the blade. The
blade was very useful, it can kill
animals instantly except those
stronger and larger animals like
mammoths. They were extremely good
hunter with their powerful weapons,
but their group work was the most
important skill for them. Although the
Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis were
stronger and smarter, they died off
without any trace for us to find out.
Maybe wars were fight between
groups because they were good
fighters with their weapons.

8. HOMO SAPIENS CRO-MAGNON
 The Homo Sapiens Cro-Magnon lived
mostly in Europe. They were very
smart, and they also worked very well
in groups. Their biggest difference
between modern humans was that the
Cro-Magnon did not make their own
food, like farming. The Cro-Magnon
knew how to fish, so they were the
first one to hunt fish and ate it. They
had invented a variety tools for
hunting, fishing, painting, sewing. Cave
paintings were drawn by the Cro-
Magnon in caves. They used or made
razor-sharp stones to make lines on
the wall of a cave to form drawings.
The Cro-Magnon also invented the bow
and arrow, which is powerful and safe
because you can kill dangerous animals
faraway. In that way, it’s more safer
than fighting dangerous animals close
with blades.

9. HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS
(MODERN HUMANS)
 The Homo Sapiens Sapiens, which
are also called Modern Humans,
began to emerge with farming.
They had survived the last age
with their smartness. Some of
them traveled through the land
bridge made out of ice formed in
the ice age between Russia and
North America. They had made
tools to make farming more simple
and easier. Although the modern
humans are very smart and
strong, some people are greedy
and wants everything, so deadly
weapons(tools) were invented by
people. That’s why many wars
happened to the modern humans.

10. CONCLUSION
 Tools are one of the steps of evolution, which
include making fire, to stood upright, and the
ability to farm. Tools are the most important
thing invented by people, and they realized
tools made their life easier and more
comfortable. Without tools, we can’t farm or
make fire, so the world will not be like now’s,
full of technology and knowledge.

11. INFORMATION BIBLIOGRAPHY
 http://factbooks.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-kinds-of-tools-did-early-man-
use.html
 http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/
 http://www.anthro4n6.net/lucy/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus
 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/08/26/neanderthal-
tools-were-a-match-for-early-homo-sapiens/
 http://www.ecotao.com/holism/hu_sap.html
 http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/sciences/lifescience/physicalanthro
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 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_kind_of_tools_did_homo_sapiens_use
 http://www.elephant.se/cro-magnon.php?open=Man%20and%20elephants
 www.earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/cromagnon.html

12. PICTURE BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Slide3
http://www.iupui.edu/~mstd/a103/Paleolithic%20Tool%20Types_files/Oldowan1.gif
http://hunterkirk.livejournal.com/626943.html
http://australianmuseum.net.au
 Slide4
Afarensis by Sabastian Niedlich at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42311564@N00/3573294008/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hadar,_Ethiopia_%3B_Australopithecus_afarensis_1974_discovery_map.png
Lucy by Jonathan Henandez at
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LemISQaoJelu5gfqxyAnGQ
 Slide5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis
Homo habilis tools by quapan
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkelstone/1338213272/sizes/m/in/photostream/
 Slide 6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis
 Slide 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis
 Slide 8
http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f11-off-topic-discussion/55126-picture-wars-102.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/the-bow/
http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/832/1/1/how-to-draw-a-simple-bow-and-arrow.html
 Slide9
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wa6y4fgFZUhbgOXmktdDbw
Old farming tools by the brit_2 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26686573@N00/4176849668/
Farm tools by IRRI Images at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricephotos/3992595134/