PreHistory

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Pre-History

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Pre-History

• In 1976 a group of scientists discovered
  footprints preserved in stone. They believe the
  footprints to be about 3.5 million years old
• The footprints excited them because they were
  almost identical to those made by modern humans
• This helps scientists understand early hominids.

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• Hominids Term given to modern humans and to
  earlier groups that may have included ancestors
  or relatives of modern humans

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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering

• The stone age was a period of time when hominids
  made tools mainly from stone

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• Tools were also made from bone and wood
• The Stone Age lasted hundreds of thousands of
  years until metal was used for tools
• Stone age was divided up into three periods
• Old Stone Age
• Middle Stone Age
• New Stone Age

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The Old Stone Age(Paleolithic)

• Did not know how to farm
• They were hunters-gatherers (hunted animals and
  gathered wild plants)
• Almost all of human pre-history took place during
  this time
• Originated in Africa
• Learned how to create fire
• Moved to areas with colder climates (around the
  world)
• Became nomads
• Nomads are people who have no settled home and
  moved around to places where they could find food

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Middle Stone Age(Mesolithic)

• Used more refined tools
• Farming began
• People in Southwest Asia discovered if they
  planted the seeds of wild grasses, new crops
  would growThis started the New Stone Age
• Movement around the world

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New Stone Age (Neolithic)

• Grow own foods
• made pottery
• Women were responsible for growing foods and
  gathering foods
• Men were responsible for hunting
• Pastoral nomads They raised livestock and
  traveled place to place in search of grazing
  areas for animals

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• Some places were better for farming. People
  found that soil, water, and the length of the
  growing season was good for plants
• Chinese farmers planted and grew rice and other
  crops
• In Central America corn, beans, and squash were
  grown

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• Domesticate Tame wild animals for human use.
• Humans learned to tame wild animals and first
  domesticated animal (dog)
• Domesticate plants or adapt wild plants for human
  use

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Stone Age Clothing
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Stone Age Tools
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Stone Age Art
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Stone Age Homes