Early stone tools
Teaching resources and information about the origins of stone tool use and making
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Video questions – Kanzi making and using stone tools
The bonobo Kanzi was taught to make and use simple stone tools of the Oldowan culture. What can we conclude about the mental abilities of Homo habilis from Kanzi’s performance?
- Teaching material type Video, Worksheet
- Subject Areas Biology, Human Evolution
- Suitable Grade Levels 6-8, 9-12
- Concepts Tool making
- Content Anchors Cross-species Comparisons
Author: Susan Hanisch
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike [CC BY-NC-SA]