Comments on: Chimpanzees: The First Toolmongers? http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/25/chimpanzees-the-first-toolmongers/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:46:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Morgan Wingfield http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/25/chimpanzees-the-first-toolmongers/#comment-40578 Morgan Wingfield Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:30:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/03/24/chimpanzees-the-first-toolmongers/#comment-40578 Interesting that it is in West Africa. Back when I studied Anthropology in the early 90s everything was in East Africa (Olduvai Gorge, etc.) or South Africa. It's interesting to see early tool use all over sub-Saharan Africa. Makes me think of: There was a Far Side cartoon that depicted one cave dweller holding a single round stone in his hand with another cave dweller holding a 'tool box' full of more of the same round stones. The first guy holding the single stone exclaims: "I asked for a hammer, A HAMMER! This is a crescent wrench...... Well, maybe it's a hammer. DAMN these stone tools!" (Stole this from someone's post on another message board) Interesting that it is in West Africa. Back when I studied Anthropology in the early 90s everything was in East Africa (Olduvai Gorge, etc.) or South Africa. It’s interesting to see early tool use all over sub-Saharan Africa.

Makes me think of:

There was a Far Side cartoon that depicted one cave dweller holding a single round stone in his hand with another cave dweller holding a ‘tool box’ full of more of the same round stones. The first guy holding the single stone exclaims: “I asked for a hammer, A HAMMER! This is a crescent wrench…… Well, maybe it’s a hammer. DAMN these stone tools!”

(Stole this from someone’s post on another message board)

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