Thursday, 11 April 2013

Stone tools helped shape human hands

AROUND 1.7 million years ago, our ancestors' tools went from basic rocks banged together to chipped hand axes. The strength and dexterity needed to make and use the latter quickly shaped our hands into what they are today - judging by a fossil that belongs to the oldest known anatomically modern hand.
crawled from : Newscientist

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