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The word hominins means tool makers .
3.3 million years ago
the earliest stone tools
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Human behaviour begins
making tools, not just using them
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Cognitive ability
the thinking that separates them from animals
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Hominins = tool makers
More exactly: hominins are the group that includes modern humans and our early human-like ancestors.
- Around 3.3 million years ago , one of our ancestors made the earliest stone tools .
- This marked the beginning of so-called 'human behaviour' .
- Thus they developed the cognitive ability (thinking ability) to make such tools, which separated them from animals.
