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The transition from a nomadic hunting existence to one of farming with the domestication of plants and animals is generally taken as defining the beginning of settled lifestyles that The peoples w. 1. Early Humans. Section #1. Early . Humans. p9-. 12. What do you call people who study the past?. Historians. #1. What do you call the time period BEFORE people knew how to write?. Pre-history. #2. What do you call scientists who study artifacts?. Gregg Halkuff. FVHS. Archaeological Digs. Once archaeologists find a site that is likely to have artifacts or fossils, they set up a “dig.”. At a dig in 1959, Mary Leakey found a skull of a hominid. c. . – means approximately. Exact date is unknown.. B.C.E.. – Before Common Era. C.E.. – Common Era. Archeologist have limited evidence of humans who lived before the development of writing, but research has found a great deal of information about early civilizations.. Ms. . Carmelitano. Recap: How do we learn about the past. Archaeology. Archaeological digs. Radiocarbon Dating. : The process of studying the decay of carbon-14 to estimate the age of organic materials, such as wood and leather, up to about 58,000 to 62,000 years. History Club. Lucy. Lucy was the first human ancestor that was primarily made up of bones.. Lucy is 3.5 million years old.. Lucy is 3.5 ft. tall.. Kingdom. : Animalia (Animals). Phylum: Chordata. (Having a spine). vs. Mesolithic vs. Neolithic . (2.1-3). Era. Paleolithic. Mesolithic. Neolithic. Time period. Major Characteristics. Paleolithic. vs. Mesolithic vs. Neolithic . (2.1-3. ). Pre-historic peoples. Era. Ms. . Carmelitano. The Neolithic Revolution. The “New Stone Age”. The Agricultural Revolution. The shift from “food gathering” to “food producing”. Began between 9000 – 5000 BCE. Important Note. (The Neolithic Era). 6,000 to 12,000 years ago. The New Stone Age (The Neolithic Era). During the . Neolithic Era. , people began to settle in one place.. Review Questions!. 1. How is Neolithic culture different from Paleolithic? . later part of Stone age when ground or polished stone tools prevailed. Neo = new, lithos = stone. neolithic, xia, shang, zhou (west/east zhou), spring&Autumn, Warring states. Qin, Han, SanGuo, Jin, South/North, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing,. Answer Both Questions. AIM: What are the characteristics of the Paleolithic and Neolithic?. The New . Stone Age. Neolithic. People starting living in small villages. . What do you think caused this change from moving from place to place?. The Mesolithic Age. The . Mesolithic Age. (Middle Stone Age) went from 12,000-8,000 BCE.. Major changes included the ability to shape and sharpen stone tools, make needles out of bone, etc. . More animals were domesticated, like cows.. Neolithic Revolution. Preview. Cultivation and Domestication. - . The Neolithic Revolution was the beginning of farming and settlement. This period represents a complete change in the way of life for the earliest hunter-gatherers. During the Neolithic era (10.000B.C.E -4000B.C.E) early man developed settlements based on the new stable food supply, formed patriarchal societies denying women opportunities men were given while retaining the spiritual and religious relationship with their natural surroundings. . The Stone Age. Please take out a blank sheet of paper. Flip the paper so that the longest side is . horizontal. . Divide the sheet into . ten equal . boxes. Title it . (on the faint red line). “Stone Age Toolkit”.