The Stone Age A time When things

Vocabulary PrehistoryMigrate HominidIce Ages AncestorLand Bridge ToolMesolithic Era Paleolithic EraNeolithic Era Society Domestication Hunter-GathersAgriculture Megaliths

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The First People Australopithecus- (Africa) –“Southern Ape” –4-5 million years ago –Brain 1/3 the size of Modern Man Homo habiles (Africa) –“Handy Man” –2.4 Million Years Ago –Used tools

Homo erectus (Africa) –“upright man” –2-1.5 million years ago –Control fire Homo Sapiens (Africa) –“wise Man” –200,000 years ago –Same as modern man –Developed Language

The Stone Age Called the Stone Age because they made their tools out of stone. –Food Scrappers first tools were believed to be used for processing food –Hand Axe –Spear heads –Language developed and pepole were able to work out gtheir problems and form relationships

Society – a community of people who share a common culture. People started in Hunter Gatherer Societies. People started in Hunter Gatherer Societies. –Hunted Animals –Gathered plants –Developed language –Created Art –Possibly Religion was established ( believed based on finding food and artifacts in early graves –Moved when food and /or water were gone

Women in Hunter Gatherer Societies Took care of Children Gathered plants Looked after the Camp while men were away

Out of Africa People began to migrate out of Africa due to the Ice Ages IT” too cold I’m Dying

Ice Ages Started 1.6 million years ago Ended 10,000 years ago Freezing water exposed land and created land bridges ( a strip of land that connects two continents.) People migrated across the land bridges

Migration From Africa to Asia – 2 million years ago From Asia to the southwest Asia and Europe and then around the world By 9000 B.C. humans lived on all continents except Antarctica

Clothing and Shelter Made clothes and built Shelter to adapt to different environments. –Sewed skins to make clothes –Built their own shelters Pit houses – pits in the ground with roofs of branches and leaves Tents- out of animal skins and bones Houses out of wood, stone etc.

Mesolithic Era – Middle Stone Age 10,000 years ago Lasted 5000 years Used new types of tools- bone, invented hooks, bow and arrow New technology

Neolithic – New Stone Age 10,000 years ago Polished stones Made saws and drills Could make fire

Neolithic Revolution People went from hunting and gathering societies to farming and raising animals Domestication – is the taming of animals for human use. Plants – wheat, barley Animals- goats, sheep

Changes Due to the Domestication of Animals and the Cultivation of Plants People could settle down Could build permanent settlements Population grew Religion developed –Megalith- Huge stones used as religious monuments –They associated God with one of the four Elements (Earth, Wind, Water Fire)