Goliath
Some things artifacts tell us are how long before us wre there hominids living because when analyze the artifacts we figure out how old it is like Goliath's bones told us he lived 7,000 years ago. When we find weapons and bones together then we know that this kind of hominids used these weapon the defend themselves or hunt. An example is scientists found rocks that fit right into your hand around a Homo Erectus bones so scientists predict that Homo Erectus used these rocks for throwing. Cave paintings tell us how smart the hominids were because when archaeologists find the oldest cave painting ever found scientists will find out when it was drawn and what kind of hominids drew it so we could have found the inventors of paint and art.
Homo Erectus Weapons
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Things other than bones can tell us more about how the hominids lived. Cave paintings tell us stories and give us an idea about what kind of tools the hominids used and about their religions. These also tell us how smart the hominids were compared to Lucy. Her kind did not make tools, so I don't think scientists have found any cave paintings from her time. But ,the Homo Habilis, the next group of hominids did make tools using animal bones and sharp stones. All the bones, cave paintings, masks, tools, hunting tools, war weapons, animal traps and bones are artifacts that tell us about the hominids or early humans.
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http://laborpartypraxis.org/stagestheory.html
