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EARLY HUMANS

EARLY HUMANS. Paleolithic Age. Means “Old Stone” 2.4 million yrs -> 8,000 B.C. Way of Life. Nomads. Moving place to place To find food Bands of 30+ for safety. Men. Hunters Mammoths Bison Fish Insects Made tools Clubs Spears Traps Bows and arrows. Women. Gatherers

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EARLY HUMANS

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  1. EARLY HUMANS

  2. Paleolithic Age • Means “Old Stone” • 2.4 million yrs -> 8,000 B.C.

  3. Way of Life

  4. Nomads • Moving place to place • To find food • Bands of 30+ for safety

  5. Men • Hunters • Mammoths • Bison • Fish • Insects • Made tools • Clubs • Spears • Traps • Bows and arrows

  6. Women • Gatherers • Berries, nuts, grains • Stayed close to camp • Watched children

  7. Adapting to Environment • Warm climate • Little clothing • Little shelter • Cold climate • Cave dwellings • Made tents • Animal Fur

  8. FIRE • Learned to build fires • Rubbed sticks together • Lit darkness • Scared wild animals • Cooked food! • Smoked meat to last longer. • Key to surviving ICE AGE

  9. Language • First development of spoken language.

  10. Art • Cave paintings • Crushed colored rocks for powder • Religious meaning • For good luck on the hunt

  11. Technology • First to use technology • Made tools of stone, wood, bones • Including • Food choppers • Meat scrapers • Spear points • Fish hooks • Needles

  12. NEOLITHIC AGE

  13. When? • After ICE AGE ended • 8,000 – 4,000 BC

  14. THE FARMING REVOLUTION • Domesticated animals • Wool • Labor • Food • Grew crops • Stayed in 1 location

  15. Men • Herded animals • Farmed • Protected Village

  16. Women • Cared for children • House-hold tasks

  17. ARTS AND CRAFTS • Pottery • Carved objects • Build shelters and tombs

  18. Buildings • Mud/brick houses • Places of worship

  19. VILLAGES • Europe • India • Egypt • China • Mexico • Earliest found in Middle East – Jericho (modern day Israel/Jordan)

  20. POPULATION • Population boom • Began trade specialization (JOBS) • Pottery makers • Cloth weavers • Tool makers • FIRST BUSINESSES

  21. THE BRONZE AGE • Tools from metal • Heated rocks to melt metal and poured into molds

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