2. Sewn animal skins to survive the Ice Age
Tools and weapons made of stone, bone, and wood
Included digging sticks, spears, and axes
Caves and rocky overhangs for shelter

4. Nomads: moved from place to place
Hunted and gathered in bands (20-30)
Followed animals and seasons for ripened fruit
Ate fish, fruits, berries, leaves, nuts, grains, roots
Built fire for warmth and cooking

5. Cave paintings and communication
Valued animals
Respected and cared for dead
Stressed cooperation and collaboration among the nomadic bands

7. Horses, prehistoric painting, cave painting, about BC, Cueva de Tito Bustillo, cave near Ribadesella, replica, Parque de la Prehistoria de Teverga, Teverga, Park of Prehistory in Teverga, province of Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Northern Spain
The reds and yellows were created from ground, colored earth, while charred bone and soot were used for dark shading, and green was made from manganese oxide.:

8. Looked to animal spirits for answers (animism)
Paintings of half-human half-animal beings
Buried their dead and likely held ceremonies
Believed in an afterlife
Possible ancestor worship and cults

9. Worshiped “mother earth”, giver of life and food
Gathered and stored food
Pregnant women protected as vital for ensuring survival
Picture shows skull facial reconstruction of a Paleolithic woman’s skull found in France.

10. The planet’s climate turns warmer
The first farming begins
First domestication of animals
More advanced tools

11. More food leads to larger population
Permanent settlements & villages
Personal possessions
A system of governance for the community

12. These early farming tools date from about 6000 BCE
These early farming tools date from about 6000 BCE. The axe, bottom, was used for clearing; flint sickles, left, were used for harvesting cereal crops; a flat rock and rounded stone, centre, were used for grinding flour; and perforated clay slabs, upper right, were probably used to ventilate bread ovens.

13. Once people began to grow food they also began to settle
Villages allowed populations to grow larger
Villages turned into larger agricultural settlements including:
Çatalhöyük in Anatolia, Turkey with 6,000 people
Jericho in present day Israel with 2,500 people
Image shows reconstruction image of housing in Catal Huyuk