Homo Habilis' Key Capabilities for Survival

  Homo Habilis had a few key capabilities that helped this species to survive 1.5 ~ 2 millions year ago. One of Homo Habilis' key capability was that they lived together. They lived in gropes so they had more power to protect themselves from the attack of animals and invaders. They also had more knowledge to hunt animals. They could collect food over large areas of land so they can collect more food. The other key capability that Homo Habilis had was they could make tools very well. They made simple tools but they could use their tools to survive well. They could use some rocks as chopping tools, they could use some sharp pieces of stone to take meat from dead animals, they could use crash tools to crack animal bones and eaten the marrow. For tools, they cost a lot of thought: First they imagined what kind of tools to make, than they planed how to make it, finally they crafted tools they wanted. And for make more useful and better tools, they also passed what they learned to others.

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