journal article Show Journal of Anthropological Research Vol. 47, No. 2, A Quarter Century of Paleoanthropology: Views from the U.S.A. (Summer, 1991) , pp. 129-151 (23 pages) Published By: The University of Chicago Press https://www.jstor.org/stable/3630322 Read and download Log in through your school or library Read Online (Free) relies on page scans, which are not currently available to screen readers. To access this article, please contact JSTOR User Support. We'll provide a PDF copy for your screen reader.With a personal account, you can read up to 100 articles each month for free. Already have an account? Log in Monthly Plan
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Abstract Paleoanthropologists, while expending great effort to recover archaeological evidence of early hominid activities in the Plio-Pleistocene of Africa, have devoted almost no attention to the question of which early hominid(s) authored the Oldowan Industrial Complex. Weak and indirect evidence has been adduced for the propositions that (1) Homo habilis alone made the first stone tools (even though Homo is not found at this early time) and (2) Paranthropus was not a toolmaker (mainly because it was a vegetarian with a smaller cranial volume than Homo habilis). The most parsimonious interpretation of all present evidence, including geochronological, archaeological, and diagnostic fossil evidence of the hands of Australopithecus spp., Paranthropus robustus, and Homo habilis, indicates that Paranthropus and Homo habilis were both early toolmakers. Paranthropus may have been the first maker of stone tools, and these "robust" australopithecines may have relied heavily on lithic and bone technology to procure (and process) plant foods. Journal Information Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.The Journal of Anthropological Researchis published in the interest of general anthropology. It was founded by Leslie Spier in 1945 as the Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. JAR publishes substantive, peer-reviewed research articles and book reviews in all subfields of anthropology, totaling approximately six hundred pages of text annually. It sponsors and publishes the JAR Distinguished Lectures by leading scholars in the discipline. JAR is an independent, non-profit medium for the dissemination of significant, theoretically informed, broadly contextualized research results of interest to the international profession of anthropology. It has over one thousand subscribers worldwide. Institutions may receive JAR electronically for a modest fee in addition to the hard-copy subscription. Publisher Information Since its origins in 1890 as one of the three main divisions of the University of Chicago, The University of Chicago Press has embraced as its mission the obligation to disseminate scholarship of the highest standard and to publish serious works that promote education, foster public understanding, and enrich cultural life. Today, the Journals Division publishes more than 70 journals and hardcover serials, in a wide range of academic disciplines, including the social sciences, the humanities, education, the biological and medical sciences, and the physical sciences. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR Collection. Who was the first species to use Oldowan tools?In the beginning, Homo habilis, the first archaic human, was thought to be the inventor. However, with today's knowledge, the oldest Oldowan tools are known to predate the earliest Homo habilis fossils.
Which hominin species made Oldowan tools?This leads to current anthropological thinking in which Oldowan tools were made by late Australopithecus and early Homo. Homo habilis was named "skillful" because it was considered the earliest tool-using human ancestor.
Which hominin species was the first to make stone tools?With its giant teeth, massive jaws and relatively small brain, the hominid didn't look very human, but the Leakeys concluded P. boisei had to be the site's toolmaker—until the 1960s, when they found a slightly larger-brained hominid called Homo habilis (meaning “the handy man”).
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Which hominin species is argued to have made the first stone tools resembling the Oldowan tool complex?
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