 HISTORY OF HISTORY EVOLUTION STONE AGE

 Stone-Age-beginning of 2.5million years ago  Period is measured by tools made by early man  Men –are cave dwellers belonging to the pre- historic period  Early men were Nomads  Used skin of animals for clothes

 Artefacts-objects made or used by humans.  Atlatl-a spear thrower  Archaeologists-who researches ancient cultures by examining their material remains.  Homo sapiens-species of bipedal primates characterized by language and making and using,tools;thinking man.  Genome-a life’s form genetic material.

 Anthropologist-one who studies human development,culture and behavior.  Fossil-the remains of a living thing from a previous geologic age.  Hominid-human and human-like beings  Paleontologist-studies fossil remains

Stone Age Paleolithic age (Old Stone Age) 35,000-10,000BC Mesolithic Neolithic (Middle Stone Age) (New Stone Age) 10,000-8,000BC 8,000-3,000BC

 1.Making fire-  2.Hunting animals-  3.Watching television-  4.Reading books-  5.Surfing the net-  6.Chopping meat-  7.Painting on cave walls-  8.Making tools of stone-

 Collect pictures of tools and weapons of the Early man and paste it in A4 size chart paper and file it.  Prepare a quiz of 10 questions on the life of the people in the Stone Age

 ‘Paleo’ means ‘old’ and Lithos means ‘stone’  Features are-evolution of man,started making tools from stones  Search of food  Period covers about 99% of human history  Nomadic life  Art of speaking

 Paleolithic people were great artist –paintings on the roof and walls of caves  Painted only animals that they had to bring down –reindeers,bisons,horses etc  Paintings discovered in caves of Europe  Used knapped stones,wood and bones for hunting