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THE FIRST HUMANS

FLINT TOOL MADE ABOUT EXAMPLES OF TOOLS USED
250,000 YEARS AGO BY HOMO SAPIENS
Point
Sharp edge
used to cut Axe used to
meat clear land

Leather binding

Flint may FIRE-MAKING TOOLS
have been Wooden
mouthpiece
carved by
Homo held drill
securely
FLINT HANDAXE erectus FLINT FLAKE
WOODEN MOUTHPIECE
Wooden drill turned
in drill hole to create Bone
spark

Hammer Head used
head used to to mine
detach chips flint
of flint Leather bow
kept drill
upright

BOW DRILL
Handle Handle Handle Drill hole
DRY STRAW

WOODEN HEARTH
ANTLER RED DEER ANTLER FARMING
HAMMER HAMMER AX

EXAMPLES OF PREHISTORIC FOODS SPEAR AND ARROW HEADS

HARPOON POINT
Antler
Twine binding
MINT
FISHING TACKLE
WHEAT GRAINS Wooden point
hardened by fire

Flint glued into WOODEN ARROW
groove cut in shaft

FLINT ARROW
SALMON

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