ANT 100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Lower Paleolithic, Homo Habilis, Brain Size
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Module 6: homo habilis developed the first stone tools during the early stone age, commonly known as the lower paleolithic. They were among the first members of the human family. These were essentially stone cores with flakes removed to form a sharpened edge that could be used for cutting, chopping, or scraping. They used the increased cranial capacity and comparatively smaller molar and premolar teeth of the fossils, a humanlike foot, and hand bones that suggested an ability to manipulate objects with precision as justification for naming their new creature. Homo rather than australopithecus hence the species name homo habilis, or "handy man. " Along with the fossils, basic stone tools were discovered. Flake tool, stone age hand tool made of flint, formed by flaking off tiny particles or breaking off a big flake and then using it as a tool. These ridges frequently form a distinct pattern, indicating that an item was clearly created by man.
