Period 4 Group 3 Olin, Jesse, Alyssa Describe the advances made in the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods as related to the way people live Period 4 Group 3 Olin, Jesse, Alyssa

Stone Ages Before the Mesolithic age was the Paleolithic Age, known as the Old Stone Age After the Paleolithic age came the Mesolithic Age, known as the Middle Stone Age After the Mesolithic Age came the Neolithic age, known as the New Stone Age We are going to cover advances made in the Mesolithic and Neolithic Ages as they relate to the way people live

Mesolithic Advances Taming of the dog, which helped when hunting Tools such as the bow and arrow, fishhooks, fish spears and harpoons were created using bones and antlers Crafted dugout canoes by hollowing out logs. This allowed fishing in deep water and crossing rivers

Mesolithic Age Tools

Neolithic Advances Made weapons using many kinds of stone and wood Discovered ways to polish or grind tools to better specialize them People began to settle permanent villages, leaving a nomadic lifestyle Developed methods of agriculture/farming and domestication of pigs, sheep, cattle, etc

Neolithic Age Tools

Neolithic Villages & Agriculture

Sources Cagniart, Pierre, and James Alloco. World History: People & Nations. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000. Print. https://images.google.com/