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New page: An '''artifact''' is a relic of a former civilization, or of an earlier time period of an extant civilization. Artifacts are objects made by human hands, for a particular purpose: thu...
An '''artifact''' is a relic of a former [[civilization]], or of an earlier time period of an extant civilization. Artifacts are objects made by human hands, for a particular purpose: thus, [[archaeology|archaeologists]] use artifacts to ascertain facts about an earlier human civilization.<ref>[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/artifact/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy].</ref> They are used to form the basis of an inferential process. For example, an [[ankh]] found in a [[sarcophagus]] in [[Egypt]] would allow archaeologists to draw inferences about Egyptian burial practices.
In the [[evolution|evolutionary]] timeline, ''[[Homo Habilis]]'' was the first [[hominid]] to be able to create objects. [[Creation science]], of course, disagrees with the existence of hominid ancestors.
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In the [[evolution|evolutionary]] timeline, ''[[Homo Habilis]]'' was the first [[hominid]] to be able to create objects. [[Creation science]], of course, disagrees with the existence of hominid ancestors.
[[category:archeology]]