Upper+Paleolithic+Tools

=What are the key features of Upper Paleolithic tools? Which species are thought to have used these tools?=

Upper Paleolithic tools are tools that were created and used for specialised purposes and they required alot of skill to make. Upper Paleolithic tools were used by **Neanderthals** and //**Homo sapiens**// and were used from about 40,000 years ago to present (the tools used today have a specialised purpose).

These tools were crafted in different shapes and sizes depending on what they were used for such as needles for sewing animal skin together for clothing, fishing hooks for fishing, and blades for cutting flesh and so on...


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Side Scraper (used to scrape flesh and fat of animal skin) Bone Needle (used to sew animal skin together to make clothing) Soultrean Blade (has finely worked edges, used for cutting) Throwing Stick (a spearing implement) Early hand axe Features of Upper Paleolithic tools: __**
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Specialised tool (different shape depending on purposes) More percise points or sharp edges Finely worked edges