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Object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tool is an object that can extend an individual's capability to modify the physical environment or to perform a task. Although many animals use simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have developed technology composed of more complex tools, which they typically use for agriculture, hunting, domestication, cooking, manufacturing, medicine, navigation, warfare, and art.
Tools that are used in particular tasks include the handaxe and scraper for hunting; the plough and hoe for agriculture; the hammer and chisel for woodworking; the saw and file for metalworking; the ladle and funnel for cooking; the needle and spindle for sewing; and the mallet and chisel for stonemasonry.
Tools are the most important items that the prehistoric humans used to climb to the top of the food chain, by inventing and using technologies. As technology advanced, tools were invented that allowed humans to perform tasks that could not be done by hand, such as irrigation, weaving, and ceramics. In addition, tools have been used to create and develop writing and mathematics.
Tools have been used by humans throughout history and prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Industrial Age. The term "tool" is also used to refer to machine tools, which are machines that can be used to create or modify other tools.