September 4, 2011

Humans made sophisticated tools before was thought possible

Joey A. -- Scientists have figured out that early humans (Homo erectus) have been able to make advanced tools from up to 1.8 million years ago, a whole 300,000 years further back than thought. It's a little weird, because Homo erectus came in to view about 2 million years ago, and they weren't just making tools that consisted of a stick and a pebble attached, they were shaving stones in to points and attaching them to sticks. These tools suggested that they could hack away joints, and be able to butcher animals more effectively than their previous tools. That also meant they were able to think ahead, and were possibly more sophisticated than scientists thought. Along with that, scientists also believed that the Homo erectus species could have lived at the same time as their bretherin, the Homo habilis, because they had similarties between their tools. Homo erectus could have possibly migrated to Dmansi, Georgia, and lost all of their new found technology, which could have made all of the scientists suggestions invalid. Archaeologists started researching this, and they are still discovering something new every day.



I think that if homo erectus really did come up with all of that technology, scientists would have found out by now. It just sounds kind of ridiculous because the cousin of Homo erectus, the Homo habilis, could have made this technology, which makes sense. I also find it hard to believe that when they possibly migrated to Georgia, they lost their technology. If I was Homo erectus, I would hold onto those new tools for dear life and would not let them out of my sight! I had to take into consideration that they were not as sophisticated as us, but still! Just think how mad they must have been! I did however, think that this article was intersting, and I enjoyed reading about it, cause I had no idea that dextrous beings lived that far back.

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