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Tool use was as soon as thought of a defining attribute of the genus Homo. This view was supplanted after discovering proof of device use among chimpanzees and different primates, dolphins, and crows. For example, researchers have noticed wild chimpanzees using basic foraging tools, pestles, levers, using leaves as sponges, and tree bark or vines as probes to fish termites. West African chimpanzees use stone hammers and anvils for cracking nuts, as do capuchin monkeys of Boa Vista, Brazil.
Technology, the applying of scientific knowledge to the practical goals of human life or, as it is generally phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human setting. This was adopted a century later by the Second Industrial Revolution which led to fast scientific discovery, standardization, and mass manufacturing. New applied sciences have been developed, including sewage systems, electricity, gentle bulbs, electrical motors, railroads, cars, and airplanes. These technological advances led …