The earliest stone tools are associated with (were made by):
a. australopithecus afarensis
b. australopithecus africanus
c. homo habilis
d. homo erectus
e. neandertal

Option A

Explanation:

Stone tool have been found to be made entirely of stone. Many of the societies exist today which entirely depends on the stone today as well.

Many of the stone tools are found in between 2011 to 2014 at lake Turkana situated in Kenya.

These tools are found be 3.3 million years old which is suspected to have been made by Australopithecus afarensis.

Hence, the correct answer is option A

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.