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The Stone AgeThe Stone Age

What do we know?

The origin of human beings

Which of these hominids used tools?

Which of these hominids knew about fire?

The Palaeolithic Age

Where are the people in these images?

What activities are the Palaeolithic people in these images doing?

Palaeolithic skills

What are the people in each image doing?

Why was each of these skills important?

Palaeolithic art

What type of art can you see in these images?

Why do you think Palaeolithic people produced these works of art?

The Neolithic revolution

Where are the people in these images?

What activities are the Neolithic people in these images doing?

The Neolithic economy

What crops grew in Europe and the Middle East in the Neolithic Age?

Why did new plant species appear in the Neolithic Age?

Neolithic society

Why did Neolithic people become sedentary?

Describe the Neolithic dwelling shown in the image.

Neolithic skills

What are the people in each image doing?

Why was each of these skills important?

The Stone Age in Spain

Which parts of Spain have Neolithic sites?

In which of these sites have Cardial pots been found?

What have we learned?

Some of the principalhominids

Some of the principalhominids

Homo habilis: small brain; they made simple tools

Homo erectus: knew about fire, wore animal hides and made bifaces

Homo antecessor: common ancestor of Neanderthal and sapiens

Homo neanderthalensis: made tools, knew about fire and buried their dead

Life in thePalaeolithic Age

PrehistoryPrehistory

It begins with the appearance of the first human beings and ends with the discovery of the written word

There are two stages: Stone Age and Metal Age

Humans were predators (hunting, fishing) and gatherers. They were nomads

They lived in groups. They were able to make fire

They did cave painting and made little statues of women (Venus)

Homo sapiens sapiens: human beings of today

What have we learned?

The NeolithicRevolutionThe NeolithicRevolution

They were producers: they practised agriculture and kept livestock

People were sedentary and lived in permanent settlements

There was a division of labour. They made polished stone tools

The Stone Age in Spain

During the Palaeolithic Age, humans lived from hunting, fishing and gathering

They believed in spirits and carried out religious rites

In the Neolithic Age, they grew plants and kept goats and sheep