[SunkenCiv]

Comparison between a Handaxe and a Clovis Point. Credit: Alastair Key and Metin Eren

[be-baw]

Opposable thumbs. It’s as simple as that...

[Blue House Sue]

And from there, it took us 490,000 years to invent the Selfie Stick.

[freedumb2003]

Top: Implementation by Indian coders: exactly meets specifications

Bottom: Implementation by American developers who asked "so, exactly what do you want to do with this thing?"

Sorry -- frustrating day with Indians but everyone who has worked with them must admit I am right.

[DannyTN]

If man had the ability to construct and grasp tools 500,000 years ago, he would have proliferated and the evidence of his existence would be overwhelming instead of rare.

[MUDDOG]

[GnuThere]

Did the ancestors look like that Dr who got busted for dancing during surgeries?

[abigkahuna]

Jewelry has been found in “Sundaland” whereas it was rock or shell with cross hatching marks. Estimated age is 500kya. So of course humans had gripping capabilities. Homo Sapien goes back to around 800kya. Before that Homo Erectus as well as Neanderthal and Denisovians.

[bunkerhill7]

Cavewomen made these tools COZ they are kitchen utensils.