The Upper Paleolithic also known as the “Stone age” was one of the most substantial transitions in the world. Back about 40,000 years ago modern humans began to explore their capabilities and made artifacts to the future today. Their expansions in this era includes making stone stools for carving and hunting, artwork, and even burials. It is important to realize the benefits of these artifacts that serve the worlds proposes today.
Stone tools are considered a brilliant invention after discovering that some stone tools date back to 2 million years ago. The first oldest stone tool was found in Gola River, Ethiopia in the 1990’s. It dated back to 2.6 m.y.a. which means that this era was about 5.3 to 2.5 million years ago. Stone tools are the earliest human artifacts that archaeologists study (Prince, Feinmen 2013). They vary in shape, size, and all made from rock. They were made by …show more content…
Anywhere from adhesives to hold things together to the creation of bow and arrows for a precise shot on their prey. One of the unique characteristics about the bow and arrow is that it had a balance weight on the end of the arrow. This weight was not just an ordinary weight, for example one of the weights was a wood carving of two elks holding each other. The weight will give the arrow a longer and faster throw. The first appearance of these type of bow and arrows were found in Africa and to be believed about 22,000 years ago. The significance of these new materials created is that it gave the modern humans protection for themselves, gathering huge amounts of food from hunting larger animals, and a highly developed variety of new tools. The usage of bows and arrows are still around today and also considered a sport called Archery. Archery is based on hitting your target in the center from a long distance away. They also are still being used for hunting prey especially deer. This was an absolute creative hunting
Stone tools are considered a brilliant invention after discovering that some stone tools date back to 2 million years ago. The first oldest stone tool was found in Gola River, Ethiopia in the 1990’s. It dated back to 2.6 m.y.a. which means that this era was about 5.3 to 2.5 million years ago. Stone tools are the earliest human artifacts that archaeologists study (Prince, Feinmen 2013). They vary in shape, size, and all made from rock. They were made by …show more content…
Anywhere from adhesives to hold things together to the creation of bow and arrows for a precise shot on their prey. One of the unique characteristics about the bow and arrow is that it had a balance weight on the end of the arrow. This weight was not just an ordinary weight, for example one of the weights was a wood carving of two elks holding each other. The weight will give the arrow a longer and faster throw. The first appearance of these type of bow and arrows were found in Africa and to be believed about 22,000 years ago. The significance of these new materials created is that it gave the modern humans protection for themselves, gathering huge amounts of food from hunting larger animals, and a highly developed variety of new tools. The usage of bows and arrows are still around today and also considered a sport called Archery. Archery is based on hitting your target in the center from a long distance away. They also are still being used for hunting prey especially deer. This was an absolute creative hunting