Who invented the knife?

The Caveman invented it.
The knife has been said to be man's oldest tool but some debate that the club was first.
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Depending on what you mean by caveman ...

I imagine the first cutting tools were made by early humans before they lived in shelters of any kind.

Of course clubs came first. Didn't you see "2001 -- A Space Odyssey"? :D
 
It's an absolutely fascinating question made more so by the fact that man is the only animal that uses a knife (excepting claws, teeth, etc.). In fact, tool use is something that really separates man from the rest of the animals.

There are very vague examples of animals using simple, found tools. A sea otter, for example, can sometimes be seen pounding with a found rock to open a shellfish. But there is a huge difference between pounding with a found rock and pounding with a Stanley Claw Hammer much less pounding with a hydraulic power hammer. And yet pounding with a found rock is a fairly sophisticated example of non-human tool use.

I've heard anthropologists point out that some monkeys will pick up a stick, break off the branches, and then poke the stick down into an ant hill causing the ants to climb onto the stick from which the monkey can then eat them and saying that that is an example of making a tool. But even if we do concede that as making a tool, it is lightyears away from even making that simple claw hammer mentioned above.

Man is totally unique in the world, set apart dramatically and definitely, in that he purposefully designs and makes tools and that he purposefully and skillfully uses them.

Man's first tool was probably a pounding tool. He may have used a found rock to pound open a shellfish. But, man did not stop there. Man was not satisfied with finding a rock and pounding open a few clams. No. Man -- and man alone -- asked, "How can I make this better?" Even without knowing about levers, he somehow intuitively figured out that if he somehow attached the rock to a stick, he could pound harder with it.

Maybe, just maybe, in all of that pounding, he chipped off a piece of rock that had a sharp edge.

Rocks sometimes break naturally leaving sharp edged. There are occationally naturally-occuring knives just laying on the ground. But man alone picked one up and figured out how to use it.

Maybe, when his hammer head broke, he picked the pieces up. Maybe one of the pieces cut him. But man did not react defensively. He did not conclude that the rock had attacked him. He did not perceive the rock as a danger. Instead, man perceived it as something of potential value. He may have even tried to make more of these nifty rocks by pounding more. Over time, he figured out that some kinds of rocks work better than others and he developed techniques to get the best edges. And then he designed a tool, a sharp rock mounted on some sort of handle.

No other animal has ever done this. No other animal has ever made this leap.

So, when we celebrate the knife, we celebrate man's uniqueness in the world.

I am man, the tool maker, the tool user.
 
It was Eve . . While trying one day to replicate a more personal, portable version of Adams penis :jerkit: she had discovered that her stone carving skills were something to be desired. When she quickly realized her version would be quite uncomfortable and actually dangerous:eek: she decided to give up on the idea until she used it to stab God in the back after eating the apple. She of course founding many other uses for it . . . . like carving a cucumber!!!;)

So there you have it, contrary to popular belief it was a woman (Eve The Inventor) who created these:

1) The knife
2) The First Female Personal "Devcie".
3) (stinky) Applesauce.:D

So all at once everybody . . .Thank you Eve .. .you b!#$ !!
 
A neanderthal who got old, lost his teeth and couldn't bite his meat of his prey any more. Had to get the meat of the prey and then make smaller nibblets that he could swallow whole.
And also, his wife wanted a mammoth ivory figurine necklace.

/ Karl
 
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The knife was invented by an ancestor of Steven Seagal. Seagal's ancestor was hired as a cook on a canoe cruise when terrorists tried to take over the canoe. Seagall senior had to kill them all with a sharp and pointy object with he afterwards named 'knife'.

This theory is worldwide accepted by the scientific community but don't let Chuck Norris hear about it who claims to be the mother of all fights - he might take it personal.
 
The inventor of the knife was MAGOGAW, a cave dweller in what is now Kansas. Too bad they did not have a patten office back in those days!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Ciao 4now
Ron;)
 
Tobacco_Spit said:
Who invented the knife? Like Al Gore invented the internet.:yawn:
The three stooges invented politics. And Marilyn Monroe invented, well U know:jerkit: ...

Lets hear some of U'r wonderfull theories for the betterment of mankind.:p
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Actually, Al Gore never said he invented the internet. What he has done though is been involved with the development and mainstreaming of it. A noteable example being the High Performance Computing Act, passed in '91.


I think a male homo erectus invented it to cut the penises off of other homo erecti. The reasoning behind this action should be obvious.:D
 
LaBella said:
a cave-dude named "UGH"

he was frickin awesome!
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Syllabify my nickname :)
That is closest ever someone got so close to it's real meaning :D

And yes, I know I AM frickin awesome
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:p :p


Tobacco_Spit said:
Who invented the knife? Like Al Gore invented the internet.:yawn:
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Bill Gates invented the Internet. Everyone knows THAT! :p

Gollnick said:
In fact, tool use is something that really separates man from the rest of the animals.
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Not actually, what separate us from animals is that we do not use our tongue to clean our own genitals. (courtesy of A.J. Rimmer :thumbup:)
 
with man's ability to wreak our planet (modern technology) I'd say the animals are much smarter...Thats what really seperates us.
 
Don't you guys use your tongue to clean our genitals???

Inventor of the knife? is there only one knife?? Is it a ka-bar? who invented the name ka-bar? Abdul Kabar - my local pizza guy?

I'm so confused!!!!
 
the knife really did come first.
the club didn't come along until after the invention of the automobile!
 
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