Stone Age Time Periods

Your tribe of hunter-gathers has lived in this

place for as long as anyone can remember.

But now there are not enough animals to

hunt. Whenever you find berries and roots,

you have to share them with people from

other tribes. Your leaders think it’s time to

find a new home in the lands far beyond the

mountains. But no one has ever traveled

there, and many people are afraid.

How do you feel about moving to a new

home?

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The Stone Age

The Stone Age is divided into three time

periods:

Paleolithic (~2,000,000BCE – ~10,000BCE)

Mesolithic (~10,000BCE - ~6,000BCE)

Neolithic (~6,000BCE - ~3,000BCE)

The dates are different in different regions of

the world

Example: Asia might be in the Mesolithic while

North America might still be in the Paleolithic

Paleolithic

Paleo - Ancient (Old)

Lithic - Stone

During the Paleolithic Stone Age, early humans developed:

Stone tools/weapons

Language

Early humans also migrated around the world during this time period

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Mesolithic

Mesolithic - “Middle” “Stone”

Use of bow and arrow, fishhooks, spears

Tamed dogs

Neolithic

Neolithic - “New” “Stone”

Agricultural Revolution – Hunter-

gatherers settle down and begin farming

The beginnings of houses and

permanent dwellings

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Early Domestication

When did it come from?

Paleolithic

Mesolithic

When did it come from?

Paleolithic

Mesolithic

Neolithic

When did it come from?

Neolithic Paleolithic

Mesolithic Mesolithic

When did it come from?

Neolithic Paleolithic

Neolithic

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Early Humans

Hominids

Hominids - Early humans that walked upright

Our ancestors

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Australopithecus

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Lived over 3 millions years

ago

First group to be different

from the apes

Called Hominids

Lucy belonged to this group

Australopithecus

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Handy Man – Homo Habilis

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First true humans

First to make tools

Used campfires, but did NOT

know how to make fire

Always on the move, in

search of food

Handy Man – Homo Habilis

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Upright Man – Homo Erectus

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Probably the first hunter

First to have fire making skills

Moved around during the Ice

Age

Peking Man

Upright Man

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Wise Man - Neandertals

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May have suffered arthritis

Very advanced hunters

Buried dead with ceremonies

No one knows about

disappearance

Modern Humans – Cro-Magnon

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Built small huts and “long

huts”

Created bow and arrow

Created magnificent cave

paintings

Homo Sapiens

Modern Humans

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Hunter-gatherer

Hunter-gatherer -

Lived by hunting animals and gathering plants

Hunter gatherers were nomads

Nomad – Someone who moves around a lot,

following food

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Sources

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http://www.historiasiglo20.org/EHELP1/index_archivos/prehistory/imagenes/paleolithic_tools.gif

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http://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/08/01/images/stoolsp.gif

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/KundaCultureTools.jpg/180px-KundaCultureTools.jpg

http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/images/arrows.jpg

http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/arch/archpict/tool-handax2.jpg

http://www.kidspast.com/images/stone-age.jpg

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