Grade 8 Social Studies

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Grade 8 Social Studies People Through The Ages
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Section 1 The Stone Age Survival Skills
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Fire Making
Stone Age people used fire to keep warm, cook
food and for protection from predators. Before
they learned to make fire they had to get it from
lightning strikes or volcanoes. They may have
stolen it from other groups.
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Hunting Dance
The Cro-Magnons hunted animals and to thank them
the danced and made pictures.
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This type of tool making technique is called
flaking. It was invented by the Cro-Magnons. Some
other names for this technique are stone blade
method, blade flaking and rocker punch flaking.
Some of the tools made from the method are spear
tips, knives, drills, and hide scrapers. Some
other people who used this method are Homo
sapiens and modern humans. This method was
superior in the Stone Age because indirect
percussion to control the direct force and
direction. To make the chisel you need to have
these materials. The materials were bones, tusks,
rocks and antlers. The types of rocks that were
placed under the chisel were prepared rock core.
Tool Making
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Conclusion