Intensifying glaciation.
Australopithecus afarensis.
Homo Habilis & Erectus...

Timeline 7 - 5 million years ago to present

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Evolution of tools

1. Oldowan tools (2.4 mill. BP):
Homo Habilis / Rudofensis

3. Mousterian tools (200,000 - 40,000 BP):
Homo Neanderthalensis / early Homo Sapiens

2. Acheulean tools (1.5 mill. BP):
Homo Ergaster / Erectus

4. Upper Paleolithic tools (from 90,000 in Africa, from 40,000 elsewhere - to 12,000 BP):
Homo Neanderthalensis / Homo Sapiens

 


Sources

Australopithecus afarensis 3.5 mill. BP: Scientific American, Sept 2000, p.89.
Simple tools, 2.5 mill. BP: Scientific American, Sept 2000, p.89.
Data on hominids and homo, here and in later figures: Chart of Human Evolution, Copyright Handprint Media 1999 & Politiken, Feb 11 2001, Section 1, p.8.
Images of tools: Hominid Tools, Copyrigth Handprint Media 1999. http://www.handprint.com/LS/ANC/stones.html