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THE FIRST TOOLS
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The point, however, is, that he began to project this hand that was not yet a hand.

Primitive saw of stone; primitive hatchet

A very prominent part of it would be the grasping, claw-like finger and finger-nail. These were destined to be projected in a great many positions, and in finest detail. A knife is a broad, sharp nail projected; the saw is a set of nails, or perhaps teeth; and the primitive hatchet was a finger-nail and looks very like a talon, as did its maker's finger. The fist is a hammer. It must have been a narrow, sharp