Do Now: On your handout, in the space Do Now: On your handout, in the space provided, make a list of images that provided, make a list of images that come to mind when you hear the word come to mind when you hear the word “Stone Age.”“Stone Age.”

EQ: How did humans live EQ: How did humans live during the Paleolithic Age?during the Paleolithic Age?

Pre-history - The period of time before civilization, before people begin settling down and farming.

Also known as The Old Stone Age.

So Easy a CavemanCan do it!!

The First Humans are related to Cro Magnon Man, our earliest known ancestor who lived as early as 50,000 years ago.

Our ancestors are these guys, Cro

Magnons

Not these guys, Neanderthals

Evidence suggests that the earliest humans originated in East Africa (Rift Valley), and migrated northward into Europe, outward into Asia and eventually to North and South America.

The First Humans are related to Cro Magnon Man, our earliest known ancestor who lived as early as 50,000 years ago.

Our ancestors are these guys, Cro

Magnons

Not these guys, Neanderthals

Homo Habilis “Handy Man”

Homo Erectus

Homo Ergaster

Homo Heidelbergensis

Religionfire/animals were sacredBuried their dead with personal possessions

Paleolithic Age“Old Stone Age”

3.5 million years ago – 8000B.C

SocietyNomadic – find food

Traveled with clans 20-60pplLived in caves

Gender equalitySocial equality

EconomyHunter-Gatherers

No Farming!No specialized job

Technologystone tools for

Hunting/warHarnessed fire

Stone Age Tool Kit