Helpful Words

Homonid

Species of animal that links to current people

Tool Use

creation and use of tools to do everyday chores.

Oldowan Tradition

Literally "Old Man"; First known stone tools emerging 2.6 mya

Hammerstone

Scrapers

Acheulean Tradition

Stone-tool tradition that emerged 1.76 mya and lasted until 300,000 kya

Axes

Scrapers

Grinding Stones

Mousterian Tradition

The step between The Acheulean Tradition and The Levallois Technique. Many scholars no longer look at this time period as a full gap.

Lithics

Arrowheads/Projectiles

Levallois Technique

The stone tool-making Levallois technique involves preparing a raw block of stone by striking pieces off the edges until it is shaped something like a turtle shell: flat on the bottom and humped on the top.K.Kris Hirst

Hominid Species

Basic Information
Species	Time Period	Tool Use	Location
h.habilis	1.7-1.9 mya	simple stone tools, Oldowan Tradition	Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
h. rudolfensis	1.8-1.9 mya	possible Oldowan Tradition	Kenya
h. georgicus	1.8 mya	possible Oldowan Tradition	Republic of Georgia
h. heidlebergensis	350-200 kya	Acheulean Tradition	Africa, Asia and Europe
h.ergaster	1.6 mya	Acheulean Tradition	Africa, Europe
h .erectus	1.8-.5 mya	Acheulean	Asia
h.neandertalensis	130 kya	Levallois Technique	Europe and Western Asia
h. denisova	40 kya	Levallois Technique	Siberia
h. sapiens	200 kya	Modern	World
h. florensiensis	18 kya		Indonesia