Fire and Stone

@article{Webb2009FireAS,
  title={Fire and Stone},
  author={J. Webb and M. Domański},
  journal={Science},
  year={2009},
  volume={325},
  pages={820 - 821}
}
For at least 72,000 years, humans have used heat treatment of stone materials to make more efficient tools. Faced with the difficulties of surviving in often hostile surroundings, early humans manufactured various flaked stone tools to increase the success of food gathering and the efficiency of food processing. Special-purpose tools increased the likelihood of obtaining food and were particularly important when it was hard to secure adequate food resources (1, 2). For example, projectile… Expand
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