Tools were a way to kill animals and survive. Some of the tools that they used were the sharp ends of sticks to dig up roots and bugs. they chipped rocks to sharpen the ends for cutting into bone or slicing skin. the earliest well-shaped tool for humans was the fist-hatchet. One end of the fist hatchet was for cutting meat, cutting down trees, and chopping plants and vegtables. The other end of the fist-hatchet was for holding onto. The fist-htachet was the first all-purpose tool.

For two million years ancient people lived by hunting animals with their tools. The wooden tools have decayed but many archaeologists