Ancient Hands, Ancient Tools
Clip: Season 1 | 4m 35s
Join a hunt for ancient tools and look for evidence of toolmaking in fossil hands.
After searching for some of the first stone tools made by our ancestors, Neil Shubin pays a visit to paleoanthropologist Tracy Kivell, who shows us how changes in the hands of our ancestors led to the ability to create and use tools.
Ancient Hands, Ancient Tools
Clip: Season 1 | 4m 35s
After searching for some of the first stone tools made by our ancestors, Neil Shubin pays a visit to paleoanthropologist Tracy Kivell, who shows us how changes in the hands of our ancestors led to the ability to create and use tools.
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