1. Stone Age
Bell Ringer:
What are some primary and secondary sources we use to study the stone age?
What does Paleolithic mean?
What does Neolithic mean?
Can you name any of the hominids from the Paleolithic or Neolithic era?
Paleo: Means Old
Lithic: Means Stone

2. Old Stone Age or Paleolithic lasted from 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.
Most of this age occurred during the Ice Age
New Stone Age or Neolithic began about B.C. and ended as early as B.C.

3. Scientific Clues into the past are Artifacts
Lets Get Started
Scientific Clues into the past are Artifacts
Fossils: evidence of early life preserved in rocks
Answer the following:
What are the components of culture?
How do you learn culture?

4. Components of Culture
Just write a few What you eat, clothing, sports, tools, social customs, work, language, symbols, religious beliefs, values, the arts, political beliefs, family, class, government, economy How do we learn culture 1. First you observe and imitate the behavior of people in their society 2. People in their society directly teach the culture to them

5. Homo Habilis (1.9 Million years ago)
Means man of skill Found tools made of lava rock Believed to be used to cut meat and crack open bones Made survival easier

6. Homo Erectus (1.8 Million Years Ago)
Means Upright Man
More intelligent and adaptable species than Homo Habilis
Developed Technology
Invented sophisticated tools for digging, scraping, and cutting
Also first hominids to migrate to Africa
First to use fire and may have developed the beginnings of a spoken language

7. Homo Sapiens
Mean Wise Men Have larger brains Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons are early homo sapiens However in 1997 DNA tests on a Neanderthal skeleton indicated that they were not ancestors of modern humans.

8. Slanted brows, well developed muscles and thick bones
Neanderthals
Powerfully built
Slanted brows, well developed muscles and thick bones
Developed religious beliefs and performed rituals
Held funerals
Resourceful

9. Identical to modern humans Generally five and one half feet tall
Cro-Magnons
Identical to modern humans
Generally five and one half feet tall
Planned their hunts, studied animal habits and stalked their prey
Replaced Neanderthals.

10. Cave paintings by primitive people are found on every continent
Cave Art
Cave paintings by primitive people are found on every continent
Oldest ones were made 35,000 years ago
Many show that of hunting as a daily activity
Scholars are not sure of the purpose
Made paint from natural sources that were yellow, black, and red

11. Guided Questions How do people express ideas through art?
What can we learn about people who lived long ago by looking at a picture?
Why do people use images to tell stories and to communicate?
What did people use to record important events in their lives or history long ago?
How has art been used throughout history to tell stories or to show us what people in other times and places considered important?
Think about where you have seen pictures that communicate specific information to people. (for example directions)
How would you communicate something to someone who could not read or speak any languages?

12. Cave of Lascaux
Why do you think that there are so many animals and not as many people in the paintings?
What can the paintings tell us about other aspects of life of cave dwellers or Paleolithic people?
How did they make these pictures if there were no stores to buy paints or brushes?
What colors are prominent in the paintings? What natural sources might these colors come from?

18. Cosquer Cave