Question

In the ancient times tools were made up of which material?
(a) Stone
(b) Wood
(c) Bone
(d) All of these

Answer 1

The correct answer is option (d) All of these.

• Usually, such items as bones, fibers, feathers, shells, animal skins, wood, stone, and clay were used for weapons, tools, jewelry, and shelter. The earliest tools were from the paleolithic period, called the Oldowan. These were tools made of broken stone that could be used for digging.
• As history progressed in the Mesolithic period, tools became more complex and balanced in construction with sharp edges. Moving into the Neolithic period, agriculture began to flourish as new discoveries were made to build agricultural implements.
• Toward the end of the Stone Age, people began using copper, gold, and silver as objects. Because of these soft metals, the common use was for ceremonial purposes and to create ornaments or ornaments and was not replaced by other materials used in the tools. The simplicity of the tools used is reflected in the simple understanding of the types of people of the time.

Answer 2

In the ancient times the tools were made up of stones, wood and bones. Therefore, the correct answer is (d) all of these.

Explanation-

• World's oldest stone tools are dated back to 3.3 million years ago excavated by the archeologists and scientists from near the shore of Turkana Lake in Kenya.
• The stone tools in the ancient days were made by the cutting of large piece of stone with the help of a rock or bone and then given their desired shapes by carefully chipping them.
• Stone tools were used as a recreation in order to paint walls of the caves, cut meat or bones, for scraping the bark of the trees, for animal skins and to chop food like fruits or roots. Some were even used for hunting by sharp hunting tools.
• Wooden tools or woodworking was found in Tanzania in a site known as Peninj by scientists and archeologists for over 1.5 million years ago and was known as the ‘age of wood’.
• Even stone structures require wood and wooden constructions. Egyptian drawing talk about or have drawings of ancient furniture like chairs, tables, beds, chests and more others and they are dated 2000 years ancient.
• Bone tools are dated back to 1.5 million years ago from Africa and was found widely there. A bone tool named Blombos was found in the cave of South Africa during an excavation.
• Bone tools were very pointed and were used as various tools and needles, even were used for pottery, weaving, making of leather and more.