The Paleolithic age vs the Neolithic age. By Niklas Evans, Period 7

When were the Paleolithic and the Neolithic ages? The Paleolithic age was from around 3 million years BC to around 8000 BC The Neolithic age was from around 8000 BC to around 3000 BC

Getting Food-Paleolithic The Paleolithic Age people were hunter-gatherers They hunted to get food This meant that they had to follow prey in order to sustain a steady food supply They also gathered food such as berries This meant that as food supplies ran out in an area they had to find new places to get food

Getting food-Neolithic The people in the Neolithic Age were farmers This is the main difference that set them apart from the Paleolithic Age peoples As farming was created, people could settle down into towns and villages because they no longer needed to chase their food supplies

living conditions in the Paleolithic age As food was hard to come by during the Paleolithic Age, people lived in small, nomadic tribes. They moved around and followed their food sources They often lived in caves and other natural shelters while they hunted and gathered in a specific area and then they moved on to another area As groups got too big they would split up into smaller groups and go their separate ways

Living conditions in the Neolithic age As farming was created in the Neolithic Age, the need to move around to chase food was eliminated. Instead, they formed small villages and built permanent houses and structures to live in Slowly, governments and other public services were established which led to the creation of civilization

Religion in the Paleolithic age The Paleolithic Age, people worshiped animals There is evidence of early Paleolithic burials There was one case where a human was buried with a Panther’s paw This shows that animals were very important to the Paleolithic society and sometimes animal parts were kept as trophies of the hunt and had a lot of sentimental value

Religion in the Neolithic age They buried the dead in graves, along with their weapons, pottery, food and drink in the belief that these things were required after death. The warships plants and animals as their ancestors and protectors They also worship forces of nature such as the sun, the moon, and stars believing that they had special powers They also worshipped clay figurines of “Mother Goddess” believing that that would cause the fertility of their land to increase.

Innovations of the Paleolithic age The people in the Paleolithic age created the first tools out of bones, stone, and wood They learned how to use fire to keep warm, for light, and to harden tools such as spearheads They created the hand ax which was used to sort of like a modern-day Swiss Army knife in that it had a great variety of uses and almost everybody had one

Innovations of the Neolithic age The Neolithic Age farming was created People learn how to build houses and permanent villages They created metal tools They learned how to domesticate animals They created and used pottery

The Neolithic Revolution As a result of the Neolithic Revolution life was changed in many ways People became social and lived in groups permanently They created farming which then created excess crops and resulted in the beginning of trading All of this slowly resulted in the beginnings of civilization This set the foundation for modern day civilizations such as America