Technological Advances

There is no standard definition, so one idea needs to be implemented in order to try and get a definition. Where do we begin. One author states the following: "About 2 million years ago our primitive apelike ancestors in Africa began to make tools by chipping flakes from pieces of flint. In so doing they took a gigantic leap forwards along the path to civilization. They began to invent things, a trait that gets them apart from the other animals. They had begun to alter their environment for their own benefit. And ever since human beings have been improving their lives by making practical use of their discoveries and inventions - in other words technology"(1) In another book a very similar quote is stated:"Early men began making better stone tools, particular...