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Title: The Stone Age


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The Stone Age
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Genus Homo
  • Most artifacts found in this era were made of
    stone that is how this era came by its name
  • Humans living during the Stone Age belong to the
    genus Homo
  • The genus is divided into two species Homo
    Erectus and Homo Sapiens

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Stages of the Stone Age
  • Stage 1 Paleolithic or Old Stone Age 2
    million BCE- 10 000 BCE
  • Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age 10
    000 BCE- 8000 BCE
  • Neolithic or New Stone Age 8000 BCE-5000 BCE

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Homo Habilis
  • Known as the handyman
  • First hominids to develop and use stone tools
  • Widespread in Africa around 2.5 million years ago

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Homo Erectus
  • First appeared 2 million years ago in Africa,
    Java, and China
  • Had the ability to walk fully upright
  • Probably survived by hunting wild animals, and
    gathering plants for food.
  • Made tools from stone, bone, and wood
  • First species to use fire
  • First species to migrate to Europe

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Homo Sapiens
  • The man who thinks
  • First species to form a spoken language
  • Developed sophisticated tools
  • First remains found in Hungary in 1965.

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Neanderthals
  • Lived in Central Europe, but later moved to
    Central Asia and later the Middle East
  • Descendants from the species Homo Erectus
  • Survived as hunters (elk, bison,mammoth) and
    gatherers (plants, shellfish, small reptiles)
  • Life was hard and dangerous with a short life
    expectancy

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Homo Sapiens Sapiens
  • Modern humans that entered Europe
  • Able to make clothing, shelters, and hearths
  • Aka Cro-Magnums after a rock shelter found in
    France
  • Cro-Magnums were homo sapiens that evolved in
    Africa and slowly made their way into Europe and
    eventually into Asia
  • They crossed the Bering Strait and entered the
    Americas.
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