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Man has been called “tool maker.” That was the name (Homo Habilis)
given to the fossil discovered, along with deposits of primitive stone tools,
by Louis Leakey at the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania in 1960.* Humans and
tools get along well, and for good reason. There are many things our bodies
cannot do. For instance, our hands are not suitable for cutting things. They
are not sharp enough or strong enough; our nails are weak and blunt. Our
arms are short and the muscles weak, at least compared to some other
predators. Some of the earliest tools created by people were hand-axes,
rough pieces of stone chipped and chiseled to hold an edge that could
compensate for the weakness of our hands. A primitive hand axe ...