toolmaking

noun

tool·mak·ing ˈtül-ˌmā-kiŋ

: the action, process, or art of making tools

also : the trade of a toolmaker

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Additional evidence in the caves also points to the site serving as a semi-permanent Neanderthal encampment likely used for toolmaking, hunting, or perhaps even ritualistic activities. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 Nov. 2024 Based on a new analysis of stone toolmaking, two researchers are arguing that the ability is relatively recent, dating to just 600,000 years ago. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 June 2024 The researchers use a number of examples: the toolmaking done by our primate relatives, asking unskilled humans to make a stone tool, and random chipping of rocks. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 June 2024 But big brains require a lot of cooling, and so developing a robust cooling system was important to advancing other skills, such as toolmaking. —

Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for toolmaking