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P hi t d Prehistory and Early Humans Early Humans Who were our earliest ancestors and what were their ancestors and what were their lives like? lives like?

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P hi t d Prehistory and Early HumansEarly HumansWho were our earliest ancestors and what were theirancestors and what were their lives like?lives like?

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The part of prehistory that the earliest humans lived through is earliest humans lived through is called the Stone Age.called the Stone Age.

• The name comes from the materialThe name comes from the material that was used to make most of their tools.• They did make tools out of other• They did make tools out of other

materials too.

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•BoneA l•Antler• Ivory• Ivory•WoodWood

S h Such as…

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•So much so •The Old •So much so that the Stone Agethat the period is •The Middle divided into h

Stone AgeTh Nthree parts: •The New Stone Age

Life during the early Stone Age was diff f lif d i h

Stone Age

very different from life during the later years of the Stone Age.later years of the Stone Age.

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WE’RE GOING TO FOCUS ON JUST TWO OF THE TIME PERIODSTh Old St A d th N St AThe Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age

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• Paleolithic Age• Paleolithic Age• Paleo is from the

G k d f ld• Neolithic Age

Greek word for old or ancient.

• Neo is from the Greek word for new.

• Lithic means stone.• Therefore, Paleolithic

• Therefore, Neolithic means New Stone.,

means Old Stone.

The Old and New Stone Ages are often known by different often known by different names…names…

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L ’ l k h Let’s look at the differences differences between the between the

Paleolithic and Paleolithic and Neolithic Agesg

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• Men would hunt for meat.meat.

• Women, children, and old sick or injuredold, sick, or injured men would gather whatever they couldwhatever they could find that was edible.

How did people get food How did people get food during the Paleolithic Age?during the Paleolithic Age?

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P l l d• People learned to grow their own food.

• People also domesticated animals.

How did people get food How did people get food during the Neolithic Age?during the Neolithic Age?

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• There were no permanent phomes.

• Because people huntedBecause people hunted and gathered, they would have to move where thehave to move where the food was.

• Homes were temporary• Homes were temporary places like caves or mammoth bone huts

Where did people live during

mammoth bone huts.

Where did people live during the Paleolithic Age?the Paleolithic Age?

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B l• Because people were growing their own food they had to settle in one location.• Homes were built out

f ti b ( d)of timber (wood) or mud bricks.

Where did people live during Where did people live during the Neolithic Age?the Neolithic Age?

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P l ill d• People still used mostly animal skins for clothing.• In some placesIn some places

people were able to k f b i fmake fabric from

the wool of their sheep.

How did people dress during the Neolithic Age?the Neolithic Age?

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Stone Age Note Chartg

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Paleolithic Age Neolithic AgePaleolithic Age Neolithic Age

Food Hunted for meat and gathered nuts berries

Farmed and herdedanimalsgathered nuts, berries,

eggs, insects, and fruit.animals

Shelter Lived in temporary homes such as caves and mammoth bone huts.

Lived in permanent homes near their crops and animals.

Clothing Wore warm clothing made Wore animal furs and gof animal fur. clothing made of woolen

cloth.

ComparisonTools Simple shaped stone tools like cutters, hand axes, primitive spear tips and

More advanced stone tools, bow and arrows, refined spear tipsp primitive spear tips, and

sharpened sticks.refined spear tips, harpoons.