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Date: 8/6/2018
Paleolithic & Neolithic Age
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2. Paleolithic Age
Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution:

3. Paleolithic Age
The Paleolithic Age is the early period of human history that spans from 2,500,000 B.C.E to 10,000 B.C.E
The name comes from the Greek word for “old stone”
This due to the prominent use of stone tools

4. Paleolithic Age
During this time period humans got their food through a process called hunting and foraging
They would gather things such as nuts, berries, grains, greens, ect
They would hunt and or fish depending on where they lived

5. Paleolithic Hunters

6. Paleolithic Gathers

7. Paleolithic Age
Developed new tools and technology to better hunter/forage and adapt to their region/climate
Stone/bone tools, storage/baskets, art/decoration, ect

8. Paleolithic Age
Most important technology of the Paleolithic Age was FIRE
Fire provided a huge number of benefits for people:
Easier digestion of food
Protection from predators
Warmth to adapt to colder climates
Story telling
Making clothing and art

9. Paleolithic Age
Finding food through hunting and foraging is not extremely reliable
Because hunting and forage was so unreliable nomadic humans groups were always relatively small
They would be around individuals

10. Paleolithic Age These early humans were nomads
These humans moved based on vegetation/seasonal climates & animal migration
Cause of SLOW migration from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and America
Called PEOPLING OF THE EARTH

12. Paleolithic Age
Peoples, ideas, and technology were exchanged as groups interacted with one another

13. Paleolithic Age
Hunting and foraging shows us the first example of women and men being responsible for distinctly different tasks
Men were more often responsible for the hunting of larger animals
This means that they would travel far from the camps in order to hunt

15. Paleolithic Age Women were more likely to stay close to camps
Mostly due to the fact that women gave birth and raised children
Women also foraged for food, trapped small animals, and protected the camp

16. Paleolithic Age
Even though women and men were responsible for different tasks there is no evidence that either men or women were superior to one another
This is because the contributions of women were viewed as equally important to those of men

17. Paleolithic Art
The first evidence of art comes from the Paleolithic Age
The earliest evidence comes in the form of “Venus” figurines
The earliest of which dates back around 40,000 years

18. Paleolithic Art
One of the most prominent examples of Paleolithic are comes in the form of cave paintings
The image to right dates around 32,000 B.C.E

19. Paleolithic Art

20. Paleolithic Art

21. Paleolithic Art The art of this time is important for a few reasons:
It demonstrates abstract thought
It demonstrates the existence of free time and likely craft specialization
It is an EXCELLENT information source

22. The Neolithic Revolution
Beginning around 12,000 years ago(10,000 B.C.E) humans began to produce food of their own
This is referred to as either the Agricultural Revolution or the Neolithic Revolution
There is no universally accepted theory of how or why humans began farming

23. The Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural production may have developed in response to climate change leading to a die off of large game and need to live where there is reliable food supply
This forces humans to need to create a new way to feed themselves

24. The Neolithic Age
With the birth of agriculture came the beginning of the Neolithic Age
It is hard to attribute specific dates to the Neolithic Age, because farming developed at different times in different parts of the world
The Neolithic Age begins around 10,000 B.C.E in most parts of the world

25. The Neolithic Revolution
Agriculture emerged first in the lands of the eastern Mediterranean
Called the Fertile Crescent
The Levant was the first region to develop agriculture
Evidence suggests that the first plant to be domesticated was the fig, as far back as 9,400 BCE

26. The Levant

28. The Neolithic Revolution
Agriculture emerged independently throughout the world
Each region domesticated locally available plants and animals
In Mesopotamia, the Nile River Valley, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indus River Valley, the Yellow River (or Huang He) Valley, Papua New Guinea, Mesoamerica, and the Andes

29. The Neolithic Revolution
Though the fig was the first plant domesticated the domestication of grain, rice, maize, potatoes, were the most important
As plants were domesticated so too were animals
Humans began to breed animals and use animals for many different purposes
Dogs were the first animal to be domesticated
After dogs came the pig, the cow, the sheep, and goat

31. Domestication of Animals

32. The Neolithic Revolution
Pastoralism developed around the same time as agriculture in Afro-Eurasia
Pastoral groups increased the development and exchange of technology, animals, and seeds/crops

34. Domesticated Animals Uses for animals included: Hunting Meat Pelts
Working
Milk and Cheese

35. The Neolithic Revolution
Reliable food source=food surplus
Food surplus=HUGE growth in population
Get used to this concept we are going to see it ALL THE TIME
FOOD SURPLUS=POPULATION GROWTH every darn time!!!

36. Population Growth

37. The Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural communities had to work cooperatively and altered the environment to increase food production
Ways humans altered their environment:
Clear cut areas
Dig out rocks and other materials
Create irrigation systems