How were knapped stone tools used during the Paleolithic era?

The Early Stone Age in Africa is equivalent to what is called the Lower Paleolithic in Europe and Asia. The oldest stone tools, known as the Oldowan toolkit, consist of at least: ... It and the Acheulean toolkit were made for an immense period of time – ending in different places by around 400,000 to 250,000 years ago. read more

Stone tools were made by knapping rocks, mostly flint, into the desired shape. Flint is a very hard, but brittle rock so that if hit with the right force at the right point, a rock of flint can be flaked into smaller pieces with very sharp edges. The flint is struck with another stone, called a hammerstone made of stone or bone. read more

Stone would also be used to create other stone tools, such as shaping an arrowhead. Wooden Tools. Hominids developed the need and use for wooden tools during the Paleolithic Age. Wood was used to form handles for hammers and axes, bows and shafts of arrows, and carved-tip spears. read more

• As pictured to the right, humans used a sharp rock as a hand axe to chop various objects • Flints were very popular, as they helped the people create fires. Humans also made thin stone blades which they used as spear heads • Men used cliffs and tar pits as weapons for killing animals. read more