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When humans first appeared, they were more apelike and much more simpler than what we are now and also used much simpler tools and don’t have entertainment like us. Their tools were so simple nobody even uses them now. They didn’t have planes to take them around the world or computers to communicate with other people in their villages or community. They had stones, spears, harpoons, and things like that. They never used metal which was a lot more powerful.

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Australopithecus afarensis were the first hominids and they were a lot smaller than modern humans like us. Their brains were very small so they didn’t know how to make tools but they did know to use stones to open things and sticks to stick into an anthill so when it comes out, there will be ants all over it. They

couldn’t handle tools as well as us because their

thumbs were formed differently than ours because

our thumbs weren’t opposed.

“Lucy” taken by Ryan Somma

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The Homo habilis hominids were slightly smarter than the Australopithecus afarensis so they were able to make tools, but they were very simple like stones that were chipped so they could use them as knives or sharpened sticks to use as spears. They started to hunt but they were very bad at it. They would also use fire if they could find it but they

never made it. They would find fire in forest fires, storms (Lightning) and sometimes maybe if

their living quarters went on fire.

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The Homo erectus were the first hominid to ever figure out how to make fire so they are the first people to cook food and once they had fire, they could make things like torches that makes hunting easier and also it would keep them warm because in this time, some Hom0 erectus left Africa and went to explore other parts of the world. The Homo erectus had better and more weapons. They started using axes made of stone. They used traps so they could do something else while the traps trap animals and when the people are done what they did, they would come back and take the prey.

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The Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis were extremely good hunters and it was because they were stronger and bigger than the modern human. They used the tools all their ancestors used but they improvised on them to make them better, lighter, and easier to move around. The sapiens Neanderthalensis were the first to bury their dead so in their graves, there would be tools and personal items the person liked. They would put their

hammer or spear with them out of respect and

care. They were extremely good hunters that used weapons like flaming spears to scare or burn animals so they get kind of panicked or disorientated.

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Spear heads, although they are not from back then, they are almost the same except that they are stone, not metal.

Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon were exceptionally good hunters that would hunt in a pack and knew how to co-ordinate each others strength to help catch prey. They made holes in walls and used things like bark to keep food inside so they wouldn’t starve in the winter. Like Homo erectus and Homo sapiens Neanderthalensis, the Homo sapiens Cro-Magnons used traps to catch prey while they were not around, but unlike the earlier hominids, their traps were way more complicated than the ones of the inhabitants before. The Cro-Magnons started fishing and making hooks with things like twigs and animals bones. They also built rafts and canoe like boats to go fishing with in lakes and sometimes in the ocean. The Cro-Magnons created the bow and arrow which was very helpful in hunting. They also made musical instruments that they could play.

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Homo sapiens sapien came to be when farming was invented. These people are our earliest ancestors who are still nothing like us, they were still less smart and still had simple tools the Cro-Magnon had. But as we fast forward, we will be at the 21st century and people have all sorts of tools

like guns for hunting and kitchens for hunting but some people still hunt traditionally by using knives and bow and arrows.

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Hominids have evolved a lot and they still are. Some people believe that we

may become cyborgs some day. Who knows? Anything is possible.

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