Three Big Questions What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history Where do we get our proof How do our attitudes about the modern world influence our ideas about Paleolithic people ID: 650443
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By Mrs. Hoff
Paleolithic TimesSlide2
Three Big Questions:
What is the significance of the Paleolithic era in world history?
Where do we get our proof?
How do our attitudes about the modern world influence our ideas about Paleolithic people?Slide3
Paleolithic
Paleolithic: the
cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, about 750,000 years ago, until the beginning of the Mesolithic Period, about 15,000 years ago.Slide4
Paleolithic Era
During this era, humans created a way of life that sustained humankind until about 10,000 years ago.Slide5
Paleolithic Era
Paleolithic humans spread across the globe successfully, settling almost every habitable region on the planet.
They also began to develop ideas about the afterlife.
These changes provided the foundation for all the rest of human history.Slide6Slide7
Where do we get our proof?
Historians use many sources to research and find clues.
Computer imaging of bones, mummies, and other artifacts tell us what people looked like, what their diet consisted of, and what time period things came from (carbon dating).Slide8
Historians study areas such as
Mohenjo
Daro
,
an ancient city, to understand the culture, city structure and time period of early peoples.Slide9Slide10
An archaeologist or anthropologist may use
s
pearheads or other tools found to understand where people lived, what foods they ate, and what types of tools they made. Slide11
Where do we get our proof?
Historians use artifacts and remains, oral traditions, written accounts, etc, to study and understand early peoples.Slide12
Venus of
Willendorf
c. 24,000-22,000 BCE
Oolitic
limestone
4
3/8
inches (11.1 cm) high
(
Naturhistorisches
Museum, Vienna
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/willendorf.htmlSlide13Slide14Slide15Slide16Slide17
Time to talk!
How does our modern lifestyle influence how we view Paleolithic people?