Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1971

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

Committee Chair

Ronald M. Frye

Second Committee Member

Wilhelm Bakke

Third Committee Member

D. Daryl Basler

Abstract

This paper looks at some of the interactions between the development of tools and the evolution of man and his ancestors. It begins with a brief history of life up to the primates as a foundation. Next the use of tools by other animals is examined followed by the coverage of the period of time from Australopithecus to Modern Man showing the interweaving of physical and mental evolution of man and the development and refinement in his physical tools. Lastly, a look at possible future interactions in the physical and mental evolutionary developments in man as influenced by his tools and by his past.

Language

English

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