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Well over two million years before modern man evolved, his primitive ancestors were making tools; the ability to extend the hand and strengthen the arm is considered one of the keys to human evolution.
Well over two million years before modern man evolved, his primitive ancestors were making tools; the ability to extend the hand and strengthen the arm is considered one of the keys to human evolution.
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