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New finds from Ethiopia push tool use back by almost a million years; Fossils provide the first evidence that Lucy's species used stone tools to butcher meat. 1  ADDIS ABABA (August 11, 2010) â The evolutionary stories of the Swiss Army Knife and the Big Mac just got a lot longer.
The Mayans also dug ditches for irrigation with stone and wood tools. Stone and wood used for building structures were cut with special hand tools made of volcanic glass or durable minerals. These tools were commonly made of chert, obsidian or jadeite.