The Stone Ages

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The Stone Ages
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The Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)

• Approx. 2,500,000BC - 10,000BC
• Modern humans (homo sapiens) evolved in Africa
• Characteristics
• 1) Larger brains
• 2) Language capacity
• 3) Bipedalism
• Adaptability allowed humans to migrate across the
  globe

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Probable Early Human Migration Routes
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Paleolithic Societies

• Hunter-gatherers
• Relative social equality
• Tribal organization
• Sophisticated artistic expression

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The Cave at Lascaux
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