10.01.2012

The Screwdriver, 2,400,000 B.C.

Teacher: "What was the first tool ever invented?"

Kid #1: a hammer
Kid # 2: a bat (as in baseball bat)
Kid # 3: a screwdriver

Cute! The real answer is a stone "axe" (for cutting/pounding), a tool about 2.4 million years old found in Southern Ethiopia!