承载重负：最早的容器工具

The first tools probably weren’t weapons, but an array of humble containers to store food and water and hold babies, says Michael Marshall I N THE prehistoric opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the first tool is a club: a long limb bone that proves handy for killing prey animals, murdering the leader of a rival hominin group and, finally, for throwing into the air ready for a dramatic jump cut. In this view, the first tool was a weapon. However, early people probably used other kinds of tools as well, ones made of other materials. Plant materials like wood were probably used all the time; it’s just that they are less likely to be preserved. …