mans and some of their fossils dateback to half a million years ago. The fossils found at site of Terra Amata were accompanied by stone toolsused for hammering and light duty anvils that were sharper but still crude. Traces of hut structure werefound with sampling frames, and inside were hearths and debris from stone working and ocher used forbodily adornment.Lastly, we have the Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia that lived one hundred and fiftythousand years ago. The Neanderthal brain was of modern size but it was housed in a long, low braincasewith a projecting bun at the back. A well defined bony ridge overhung each eye. The large projecting facehad sharply receding cheekbones and prominent nasal bones. They typical Neanderthals features wereadopted to a bitterly cold climate. They built shelter and cooking hearths. They also made clothing fromhides of animal skins. Stone tools were used to scrape hide, and the hide was held in their front teeth. Because the teeth were used in such a manner, we see that they are heavily worn. The stone tools wereused in scraping and sharpening spears, as well as butchering meant and carrying out other domestic tasks. The Neanderthals were our size and the hair on their bodies had decreased a great deal form their earlierhuman relatives. The reason for this is that they now had the ability to use animal skins to keep themwarm. Also, with the skins covering their bodies, their skin became lighter because of less exposure to thesun. The progression and evolution of man seems quite evident. We have seen that it is most heavilyinfluenced by both environmental and technological factors. The environmental factors and changespushed the early human relatives towards a different way of living by changing their things like their diet. However, the technological factors are essentially what allowed the early humans to develop further andgive him the ability to make clothes and shelter, as w...
