The Evolutionary perspective of tool making and using in various ages
The Peking Men Bhimbetka Cave, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Bhimbetka Cave It is often believed that some advanced primates may have used bones and stones as tools. But, with the coming of the Homo Sapions, tool making and tool using began in the true sense. Only then tools, as we know them, emerged. The human being is an animal that not only uses tools but also constantly improves upon them. It is this tool making ability that has brought us to the present stage. It is known that ‘Peking Man’ the first human being ever to have lived in a complete environment dates back to about 50,00,000 years. Skull of The Peking Man Peking Men Bhimbetka Cave On the basis of the tool making ability of human beings, archaeologists have arranged human history into the following periods. They are: the Stone Age (old and new), the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. ...