ꯁꯤꯟ-ꯁꯥꯔꯣꯜ ꯅꯩꯅꯕ: ꯑꯃꯨꯛꯍꯟꯕꯥ ꯈꯦꯠꯅꯕꯥꯒꯤ ꯃꯔꯛ

== ꯄꯨꯋꯥꯔꯤ ==.

The use of tools by [[Homoꯍꯣꯃꯣ (genusꯖꯦꯅꯨꯁ)|earlyꯑꯔꯤꯕ humansꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯕ]] was partly a process of discovery and of evolution. Early humans evolved from a [[Australopithecus afarensis|species]] of [[foraging]] [[hominids]] which were already [[bipedal]],<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/human_evolution/mother_of_man1.shtml|title=Mother of man&nbsp;– 3.2 million years ago |publisher=BBC}}</ref> with a brain mass approximately one third of modern humans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=212317|title=Human Evolution|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]|accessdate=17 May 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423204038/http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?articleId=212317|archivedate=23 April 2008}}</ref> Tool use remained relatively unchanged for most of early human history. Approximately 50,000 years ago, the use of tools and [[behavioral modernity|complex set of behaviors]] emerged, believed by many archaeologists to be connected to the emergence of fully modern [[language]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/15/science/early-voices-the-leap-to-language.html|title=Early Voices: The Leap to Language|last=Wade|first=Nicholas|date=July 15, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 7, 2016|via=}}</ref>