1. Prehistoric Art from the Paleolithic/Stone Age
What can you infer about prehistoric life from these pictures…
Jot down a few descriptive statements about each slide

4. Venus of Willendorf (25,000 BCE)

8. Prehistoric Life Describe prehistoric life in a few sentences
How did they live?
What did they eat?
How did they dress?
What did they value?
Why did they move constantly?
When did prehistoric life end?

9. Notes on Prehistoric Society
Early humans first discovered in the Great Rift Valley in East Africa by the Leakey's – American archaeologists
Discover of Lucy
First complete skeleton dating back 3.5 million years
Early humans migrated out of Africa and populated Asia and Europe
Early humans went through multiple evolutionary changes
Homo habilis (“man of skill”)
Creation of tools
Homo erectus (“upright man”)
Language and fire
Homo sapiens (“wise men”)
What evolutionary change would have been the most important?
Brain!
700 cm3 vs 1,000 cm3 vs 1400 cm3

10. Early Societies Continued
Small communities (bands) of people
Patriarchal society
Examples?
Development of pastoral societies and economy
What does this mean?
Adapted and responded to their environment

11. Migration out of Africa What continent was populated last?