Hacha

High school (ages 12+)
Making & Design

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hacha

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the earliest evidence?Associated with the Oldowan industry, dating back approximately 2.6 million years
2. What is the cognitive implications?Production of symmetrical hachas suggests advanced planning, abstract thought, and skill transmission
3. How did people make a hacha?They shaped it by striking the stone with a hammerstone or by carefully flaking it with pressure. This knapping process made the tool sharp and sturdy.
4. Why were hachas so important for early humans?Hachas let people clear forests, build shelters, cook food, and protect themselves. They helped groups find more food and live in new places.

Lower Paleolithic: The earliest period of the Stone Age, characterized by the development of the first stone tools.
Oldowan Industry: One of the earliest known stone tool industries, characterized by simple choppers and flakes.
Acheulean Industry: A Paleolithic stone tool industry known for its characteristic bifacial hand-axes.
Hominin: A group consisting of modern humans, extinct human species, and all our immediate ancestors.