Mousterian tools, used by Neanderthals, include scrapers designed for working hides. These tools show evidence of hafting and more advanced toolkits. They mark a shift toward more composite tools and efficient processing techniques.
Bone tools
Bone tools, though less common, appear alongside stone tools and show a broader use of materials. They were often used for digging or fishing. Their presence reveals growing ecological flexibility among hominins.
Fire and use of hearths
The controlled use of fire, found alongside tools, greatly expanded early hominin capabilities. Hearths provided warmth, protection, and allowed for cooking. This marks an intersection between technology and lifestyle adaptation.
Hafted tools
Hafted tools are those attached to handles or shafts, improving leverage and utility. This innovation required materials like sinew, resin, and wood. It reflects growing complexity in planning, construction, and hunting strategies.
composite tools
Composite tools combine multiple materials, such as stone, wood, and cordage, to create complex hunting weapons. The atlatl, or spear thrower, allowed early humans to hunt more effectively from a distance. These tools represent a technological culmination before the rise of metallurgy.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
