Part I:Referring to the powerpoint slide of the Acheulian handaxe and to Content lecture notes(see...

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Part I:Referring to the powerpoint slide of the Acheulian handaxe and to Content lecture notes(see the attachments), discuss how the presence of both this tool and evidence of fire at Torralba-Ambrona may be related to the discovery of mastodon bones at the site. (One brief paragraph [3-4 sentences], one brief paragraph [3-4 sentences] responding to another‘s post.)Do not use other sources to answer the questions.
PatII:Referring to the Human Evolution powerpoint and to lecture material in Content, what might be the mostimportant reason why stone tool manufacture advanced to the Acheulian handaxe (from Oldowan tools) andthen to Mousterian flake tools? (1 brief paragraph [3-4 sentences] )

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The presence of Acheulian hand axe and the evidence of fire at Torralba Ambrona are related to the discovery of mastodon bones at the site. The hominids were capable of planning ways to gather food for their livelihood. Using their foresight, the hominids burnt the vegetation in order to force the mastodons and the other wild animals towards the swampy regions in the bottom of the valley; the muddy lands of the swamps hindered the movement of the mastodons, where the hominids trapped those animals and hunted and butchered them with the help of Acheulian hand axes. Using such tricks, the hominids prepared and stored their kills for future consumption. On the one hand, homo erectus used the fire to forcefully drive the herd of mastodons to corner them and thereby prey on them, on the other hand, they intelligently used the serrated edges of the hand axes to skin,

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