Australopithecus anamensis is a hominin species
that lived approximately four million years ago.
Nearly one hundred fossil specimens are known
from Kenya and Ethiopia, representing over 20
individuals
Homo habilis is thought to have mastered the Lower
Paleolithic Olduwan tool set, which used stone
flakes. H. habilis used these stones to butcher and
skin animals. These stone flakes were more
advanced than any tools previously used, and
gave H. habilis the edge it needed to prosper.
Homo rudolfensis may have used stone tools
process their food. However, because more than
one species of early human lived at the time tool
manufacture and use originated, it’s hard for
scientists to be certain which species is responsible
for the making and using the first stone tools.
The tall bodies and large brains of Homo
erectus individuals required a lot of energy on a
regular basis to function. Eating meat and other
types of protein that could be quickly digested
made it possible to absorb nutrients faster.
Homo naledi, very little is known about the ecology
and life of this species. Its teeth, in fact, differ from
other Homo species that lived around the same
time. So, it may be that Homo naledi inhabited a
distinct environment from that occupied by
other Homospecies.
Homo floresiensis, tools are broadly similar to
those found earlier on Flores and throughout the
human evolutionary career (i.e., Lower Paleolithic
tools in Asia or Oldowan tools in Africa). There is
also evidence that H. floresiensis selectively
hunted Stegodon (an extinct type of elephant)
There is evidence that Homo heidelbergensis was
capable of controlling fire by building hearths, or
early fireplaces, by 790,000 years ago in the form
of fire-altered tools and burnt wood at the site of
Gesher Benot Ya-aqov in Israel.
Prehistoric Homo sapiens not only made and used
stone tools, they also specialized them and made a
variety of smaller, more complex, refined and
specialized tools including composite stone
tools, fishhooks and harpoons, bows and arrows,
spear throwers and sewing needles.

There is evidence that Neanderthals were

specialized seasonal hunters, eating animals were
available at the time. Scientists have clear evidence
of Neanderthal hunting from uncovering sharp
wooden spears and large numbers of big game
animal remains were hunted and butchered.

A part of H. luzonensis—mentions that a deer

bone found in the same sediments bears what
look like stone-tool cut marks. Takes the bone as
a sign that H. luzonensis was a proficient
toolmaker and hunter.