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Tool

A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment or help them accomplish a particular task, and proto-typically refers to solid hand-operated non-biological objects with a single broad purpose that lack multiple functions, unlike machines or computers. Although human beings are proportionally…

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Tool

Nodes238
Edges237
Triples150
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008403
Components1

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Tool

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related to Timeline of ancient tool development · 44
Tool → Acheulean, AD, BCAgriculture, BCBrick, BCBronze, BCCast, BCCatapult, BCChariot, BCCopper, BCFishing, BCFlutes, BCGlass, BCGnomon, BCHorseshoe, BCIron, BCMicroliths, BCSalt, BCSling, BCStirrup, BCSundial
related to Types · 18
Tool → But, By, Cutting, Examples, Fastening, Grabbing, Guiding, IDE, Ideally, In, Information, Many, Moving, One, Other, These, Tools, Writing
related to Machine tools · 14
Tool → As, Before, Consequently, Hand, Industrial Revolution, Machine, Other, Pre-industrial, Precision, The, There, They, With, Wooden
related to Use by other animals · 13
Tool → Charles Darwin, Chimpanzees, Jane Goodall, Man, Many, Now, Observation, Originally, Primates, Some, The Descent, There, Wild
related to history · 11
Tool → Anthropologists, Australopithecus, Because, Ethiopia, Finds, Homo, However, One, Stone, These, This
related to Tool substitution · 8
Tool → All, For, In, Nearly, Often, One, Substitution, The
related to Multi-use tools · 7
Tool → Multi-use, Other, Swiss Army, These, This, To, With
related to Non-material usage · 6
Tool → Birth Choice, By, Claude Bernaud, French, Similarly, Vanessa Dye
related to Definition · 4
Tool → Benjamin Beck, In, This, While
related to External links · 4
Tool → Media, Tools, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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tools use bc many used years ago one 000 stone using human humans food machine animals early often made also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Toolis aobject that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment or help them accomplish a particular task0.90text
Toolis ahand tool that incorporates several tools into a single0.90text
potteryinstance ofand the working of materials to produce clothing and useful artifacts and crafts0.80text
along with the construction of housinginstance ofand the working of materials to produce clothing and useful artifacts and crafts0.80text
businessesinstance ofand the working of materials to produce clothing and useful artifacts and crafts0.80text
infrastructureinstance ofand the working of materials to produce clothing and useful artifacts and crafts0.80text
and transportationinstance ofand the working of materials to produce clothing and useful artifacts and crafts0.80text
sticksinstance ofwere likely made of perishable materials0.80text
or consisted of unmodified stones that cannot be distinguished from other stones as tools.Stone artifacts date back to about 2.5 million years agoinstance ofwere likely made of perishable materials0.80text
preparing foodinstance ofother activities required tools0.80text
a rotary tool would be considered the substitutioninstance ofTools0.80text
this are often power tools that come with many different attachments like a rotary tool doesinstance ofTools0.80text

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