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Early Humans

Early Humans. Paleolithic and Neolithic Age. Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age). 900,000 years ago people migrated out of Africa to Europe and Asia. Communities Small bands (about 30) lived and worked together Campsites Lifespan about 25 years. Hunters and Gatherers. Hunt for meat, fish

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Early Humans

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  1. Early Humans Paleolithic and Neolithic Age

  2. Paleolithic Age(Old Stone Age) • 900,000 years ago people migrated out of Africa to Europe and Asia. • Communities • Small bands (about 30) lived and worked together • Campsites • Lifespan about 25 years

  3. Hunters and Gatherers • Hunt for meat, fish • Bare hands, sticks, stones • Gathered • Fruit, nuts, berries and eggs

  4. Tools & Fire • Olduvan pebble tools • Oldest stone tools • Flakes (chips of stone used as knives) • Fire • heat, light and to cook food 1. Hand axe (700,000 years old), 2. Modern replica hand axe, 3. Scarper (100,000 years old), 4. Pebble tool (1.8 million years old), 5. Modern Ethnographic spear.

  5. Shelter & Clothing • Shelter • Pits, overhanging rock and caves • Clothing • Animal skins • Colder climates

  6. Language • Pointing, hand signals • Attach meaning to specific sounds • Allowed people to work together • Share ideas, beliefs and stories

  7. Early Humans • Homo Habilis • Skilled man • Homo Erectus • Walks upright • Homo Sapiens • Thinking man • Two kinds • Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon

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