Hominin Evolution Stone Tools Overview Stone Tool Sequence

Hominin Evolution: Stone Tools Overview

Stone Tool Sequence Oldowan Acheulian Mousterian Australopithecus garhi and Homo habilis Homo erectus Neanderthals 5 different industries: Solutrean Magdalenian Homo sapiens

Oldowan Stone Tools • Making simple flakes struck off _______ • Bed I & Bed II at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) • Gona River in the Middle Awash region • Oldest formally recognized stone tool assemblage • ______________

Oldowan Stone Tools Dated to: 1. 5 to 2 million years ago

Making of Oldowan Tools

Oldowan Stone Tools • Australopithecus garhi • ________ • Antelope remains: _________ • Homo habils • Originally found among H. habilis • _________

Acheulian Stone Tools �More diverse, sophisticated �Spread from _____ �_____ stone was worked ____ � 2 manufacturing techniques: � 1. � 2.

Acheulian Stone Tools Quartzite Chopper Flint Point Flint Awl Graver, or burin

Acheulian Stone Tool: ‘Biface’ Hand Ax • Dominant tool in _______ • Characterized by: ______ • Hard to soft hammer technique • Found in association with ______ • Spanned the ___________ of H. erectus

Butchering and Scavenging • Hunting or scavenging? • Tool marks on animal bones discovered at H. erectus sites indicate: • Acquiring ________ • 1. • 2. • _______ the animals, including ________

Mousterian Stone Tools • Characterized by a _________ than found in Acheulian tool kits Mousterian Toolkit – Including, from left to right: 1) Levalloiis point; 2) Perforator; 3) Side Scraper

Mousterian Stone Tools • Developed for _____________ • No evidence of _______ • _____ is prevalent • NOVA Video Clip

Homo sapiens’ Tools in Europe • Begin at ________ • 5 industries, based on stone tool technologies • Chatelperronian • Aurignacian • Gravettian • Solutrean • Magdalenian • Major _________ were occurring

Solutrean Stone Tools • Upper Paleolithic skill & aesthetic • _________ developed to the finest degree known • Referred to as _________ • Made by ________ • Were expertly flaked _________ • Final products were _______, but could also be considered a piece of ____

Magdalenian Tools • __________ – wooden or bone hooked rod that extended the hunter’s arm • Bow and arrow use; punch blade technique • Decoration of these objects = ___________

Magdalenian Tools • Use of __________ • Mladec bone awls and awls tips