Early Human Lecture Notes

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Tools to Discover

• Historians tell us that history began about 5,500
  years ago when people began to write
• What we know about the earlier people comes from
  things they left behind
• Archaeologists dig up and study artifacts
• The early period of human history is called the
  Stone Age
• Why is it called this?

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Who were the Hunter-Gatherers?

• During the Stone Age, early Paleolithic people
  spent most of their time using stones to make
  weapons.
• These people were always on the move and were
  called nomads
• Roles of Paleolithic women stayed close to
  home, looked after children, searched nearby
  woods for food like berries and fruit
• Roles of Paleolithic men hunted animals, and
  made tools for the kill

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Adapting to the Environment

• Paleolithic people made a life-changing discovery
  when they learned to tame fire.
• List 4 uses/benefits of fire
• 1. For heat
• 2. For Food
• 3. For light
• 4. Scare predators

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What were the Ice Ages?

• Fire was a key to survival of Paleolithic people
  during the Ice Ages.
• Early humans had to do a few things to adapt to
  the conditions such as change their diet, build
  sturdier shelters, and use animal furs to make
  warm clothing

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Language, Art, and Religion

• Spoken language made it far easier for people to
  work together and to pass on knowledge
• Early people also expressed themselves through
  art, which was put on cave walls

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Invention of Tools

• Paleolithic people were the first to use
  technology - tools and methods to help humans
  perform tasks
• List a few of the earliest forms of technology in
  the blank space provided

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Neolithic Times

• After the last Ice Age ended people began to
  domesticate or tame animals.
• How did the people use animals
• People also learned how to grow grains, which
  allowed people to stay in one place.
• Farming replaced hunting and gathering
• This change marked the beginning of the Neolithic
  Age

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Benefits of a settled life

• What made it possible for people to begin
  specializing?