Species of Australopithecines and Early Hominin Tools

Read these articles:
https://www(dot)smithsonianmag(dot)com/science-nature/becoming-human-the-origin-of-stone-tools-55335180/ (Links to an external site.)
https://www(dot)nytimes(dot)com/2016/03/09/science/evolution-meat-stone-tools-cooking-brains-hominins.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer (Links to an external site.)
Here is a video about stone tool making by a modern lithics specialist
https://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=SrvPOkMs4U4
ASSIGNMENT
Go to this web site:
https://humanorigins(dot)si(dot)edu/evidence/human-fossils (Links to an external site.) read the sections about Human Fossils: Species and Fossils. Follow all of the links in these sections. When you get to the Species section, make sure to sort the different species by age (alphabetically is the default sort). Read about these species--we are not using a text this semester but this web site from the Smithsonian Museum has the information that would be in a text.
Next read these parts of the Smithsonian site https://humanorigins(dot)si(dot)edu/evidence/dating (Links to an external site.)
and https://humanorigins(dot)si(dot)edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive (Links to an external site.) use the magnifier feature and read the information in the colored dots
and do the interactive Snapshots in Time https://humanorigins(dot)si(dot)edu/evidence/snapshots-time (Links to an external site.)
Written Questions (based on the information above):
1. Pick two species of australopithecines and give their name, physical characteristics, and where and when they lived
2. What kinds of tools might have been used by early hominins in addition to stone tools? How might they have been used? Illustrate this if you wish (but not required)