Biological Anthropology: An Evolutionary Perspective

Stones and Bones (1x11)

Ausstrahlung: Jan 01, 2000

Homo habilis, who first appeared 2.4 million years ago, was not the first gracile, light-boned hominid, but it was the first to leave evidence of its lifestyle. It manufactured rudimentary stone tools, probably used to forage and to process animal carcasses. Different cultural practices have been inferred from this tool use, but the technological leap it represents is certain.