1. PREHISTORY

2. PREHISTORY
It was the longest period in human history. It spanned from the first appearance of human beings to the invention of writing (3500 BC)

3. Prehistory is divided into three periods
Palaeolithic Age
Neolithic Age
The Age of Metals

4. Palaeolithic Age

5. Palaeolithic Age
The first humans beings lived on hunting (mamonths, bears, deer), fishing and gathering wild fruit.

6. Paleolithic Age
They were nomadic. They didn´t live in a fixed place. They lived in caves or in wood huts.

7. Paleolithic Age
They made tools and objects of stone

8. Paleolithic Age
Fire was the most important discovery

9. Activities Which materials did Palaeolithic man use to make tools?
How did they get their food?
Where did they live?
Which was the most important discovery in Palaeolithic?

10. Neolithic Age

11. Neolithic Age
People lived in houses grouped in villages and they became sedentary

12. Neolithic Age
They started practicing agriculture (they grew cereals and vegetables)

13. Neolithic Age
They also domesticated animals

14. Activities True or false in Neolithic Human beings discovered farming
Human groups stopped living a nomadic life and became sedentary
Fire was the most important discovery
Their most important activity was hunting
They lived in caves

15. The Age of Metal

16. The Age of Metal People worked with different metals: - Copper
- Bronze
- Iron

17. The Age of Metal
New inventions were introduced. The wheel made transport easier