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The Stone Age
Paleolithic and Neolithic AgesSlide2
Bell Ringer
Group A
What do you see?
What do you think these footprints feel like?
Group BWrite a one-paragraph (4-6 sentences) story about the person who left these footprints.Group CWhat can these footprints tell us about the early humans who left them behind? Write at least 5 sentences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dzb_XwxtB0
The
oldest human footprints in the world were unearthed at
Laetoli
, near Olduvai Gorge, in
Tanzinia
. Slide3
The oldest human footprints in the world were unearthed at
Laetoli
, near Olduvai Gorge, in
Tanzinia
. These footprints led Owen Lovejoy to conclude that even these early hominids walked with an upright, striding gait just as modern humans do.Slide4
The
Old Stone Age
or the
Paleolithic Era
, was a period of time that lasted from about 2 million BC to 10,000 BCSlide5
Man survived by hunting animals and gathering roots, berries, leaves, and seeds.
How did man survive?Slide6
Mammoth
Reindeer
Wild Boar
Hunted AnimalsSlide7
Shabby Inkcaps
Morel
Wild Cabbage
Scurvy Grass
Crowberry
Goosebury
Roots, Berries, and Other Plant Life
Gathering...Slide8
Where did people live during the Paleolithic Era?
People were
nomadic
.There were no permanent homes. Because people hunted and gathered, they would have to move where the food was.Homes were temporary places like caves, huts or animal-skin tents.Slide9
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era)
SheltersSlide10Slide11
Tools
Simple tools and weapons, made from materials at hand
Stone, bone, wood
They could not make smooth stone, so their tools were chipped
stone and not sharpened.Slide12
How did people dress during the Paleolithic Age?
Invented clothing
Clothing was made primarily from the fur of the animals that had been killed for food.
The climate during the time was cold, so people dressed to stay warm.Slide13
Government
Tribal society: Clan controlled by elders or the powerful (according to age)Slide14
Economy
There was no concept of
private property
. Everything was shared and belonged to the tribe. Slide15
Bell Ringer
Same groups as yesterday
Group A
What is a hunter-gatherer society? (2 sentences)Group BHow is a hunter-gatherer lifestyle different from our own today? (3 sentences)
Group CExplain why hunter-gatherers were nomadic. (3 sentences)Slide16
Paleolithic Age &
Cave Art
Found all over Europe, Asia, Australia & Africa
Painted deer, horses, buffalo, bulls, cows, & stick-figure people
Lie deep in the cavesMain colors were red & black, with a little yellow, maroon & violet. Paint was made out of materials ground into animal fats. The following pictures are from a Cave in Lascaux, France: Slide17
Discoveries
Fire
Rough Stone ToolsSlide18
In a handful of pierced seashells found in a South African cave, scientists believe that they have discovered the world’s oldest known jewelry and the earliest reliabile evidence of creative symbolic thought at work. The 41 tiny shells, unearthed at Blombos Cave, were strung as beads more than 75,00 years ago, making them at least 30,000 years older than any other reliably dated personal ornaments….
http://www.krsh.com/morningshow/blindedarchive/JewelryEverAppropriate.htmSlide19
The New Stone Age
(The Neolithic Era)Slide20
The New Stone Age
(The Neolithic Era)
The New Stone Age or
The
Neolithic Era started in about 7,000 BC.Slide21
Man began to change his diet and eat grains and small animals.Slide22
Agriculture
is the raising of crops and animals.
The development of
agriculture
began over a long period of time and in more than one place.People no longer needed to travel great distances to gather food.
The Development of AgricultureSlide23
People learned how to
domesticate
plants and animals.
To domesticate means to
train something to be useful to people
.
Early people learned to care for plants such as
corn, wheat and beans
The first farmers also domesticated wild goats, cattle, and sheep.Slide24
Man domesticated wild wheat.
Ancient charred wheat grains are shown in the picture above.
WheatSlide25
Thousands of years ago, an ear of corn did not make much of a meal. (top)
It took thousands of years of careful breeding for ears of corn to reach their present size. (bottom
)
Domesticated
CornSlide26
The New Stone Age (The Neolithic Era)
During the
Neolithic Era
, people began to settle in one
place (sedentary lifestyle).Slide27Slide28
People still used stone, bone, and wooden tools, but some new tools were added by using copper and bronze
.
New Stone Age (Neolithic Era) ToolsSlide29
These early farming tools date back to around 8,000 years ago. The axe,
bottom,
was used for clearing; flint sickles,
left,
were used for harvesting cereal crops; a flat rock and rounded stone, center, were used for grinding flour; and perforated clay slabs, upper right, were probably used to ventilate bread ovens.
Advanced ToolsSlide30
Clothes
Animal skins
In some places, people were able to make fabric from the wool of their sheepSlide31
Government
Military and religious leaders had authority
Monarchy (kings and queens) emerged.Slide32
Economy
Private Property
—ownership of land, livestock and toolsSlide33
Health
Neolithic people were shorter and had lower life expectancy.
Diseases like tooth cavities and typhoid emerged.
Women had more children because the lifestyle was no longer nomadic.Slide34
Art
Wall PaintingsSlide35
Main Discovery
Agriculture
Tools with Polished Stone