Which came first the nail or the hammer?

Answer 1

The hammer. a brick is a primitive form of a hammer, or a stone.

Answer 2

Why would you need a hammer if you did not have a nail?

Early man used bone and wood to pin things together. At some time this would have been difficult and a rock would have been used. But that is just a blunt object not a hammer.

In time the bone and wood were joined by bronze and nails were made. They then made a mallet type of instrument that evolved into a hammer.

Answer 3

I'd say nail came first because in order to put something together the nail had to be invented and then the hammer needed to be invented to use the nail.

Answer 4

The hammer did. It was used along with a chisel to creat different types of joints, soon the wooden peg was invented followed by cast nails, then cut nails and now finally wire nails. I watch way too much discovery channel.

Answer 5

i'd say the hammer. The nail that sticks out gets hammered. So obviously, if you had no hammer then you wouldn't have anything to hit it with. (unless you have a solid object around you)

Answer 6

MC Hammer was around a long tome before Jimmy Nail.

Answer 7

The nail....people just used to use rocks and other improvised hammers to drive spikes. But then one day, a smart guy invented a very efficient and sleek device to drive nails--a "hammer".

Answer 8

I bet the hammer came first. It's an adaptation of the club.

Answer 9

Hammer, or rather the club which for all intents and purposes has the same function and is used the same way..

a blunt object uses to exert a concenrated force on an object.

Answer 10

A hammer sandwich?