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PALEOLITHIC PERIOD“Old Stone Age”
2.5 million yrs ago – 12,000 yrs ago
Begins with development of stone tools
Stone, bone & wood tools Small roving bands scavenging for food Lived through periods of glaciation In late period, evidence of ritual, burial,
cooking, and art Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons - eventually
went extinct Homo sapiens – what we are
Skulls of 1. Gorilla 2. Australopithecine 3. Homo erectus4. Neanderthal (La-Chapelle-aux-Saints) 5. Steinheim Skull 6. Modern human
In the past, scientists believed that Neanderthals were primitive beings, unable to compete with our human forebears. Now, researchers have uncovered new relics that reveal that two cultural traditions existed among Neanderthals living in what is now northern Europe between 115,000 and 35,000 years ago. (Photo : Reuters)
Picture of a half-human, half-animal being in a Paleolithic cave painting in Dordogne. France. Archeologists believe that cave paintings of half-human, half-animal beings may be evidence for early shamanic practices during the Paleolithic.
Instead of chipping tools, grinding and polishing
Some settlements forming Agriculture Domestication of animals More complex societies