The Creation of Stone Tools
Introduction From the earliest proto-simians to the modern Homo sapiens , humanity has been in a constant state of evolution. Many evolutionary trappings have signified these changes over the course of human development, such as standing upright on two legs, or the expansion of the skull to hold a larger brain. However, one of the most iconic and important steps in human evolution is the development of stone tools. While many animals in nature use natural tools, like sticks, humans utilizing stones for tools was a major advancement that led to a significant amount of progress in human evolution, especially in terms of human society. The subject of stone tools is one of the most diverse and intriguing subjects related to human evolution. Rather than just the physical changes, the evolution of stone tools alongside human evolution captures the mental shift of humans between "mere apes" and what would eventually become Homo sapiens , which is vitally useful for understandin...