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Stone Age
A prehistoric period characterized by the use of stone tools and weapons.
Stone Age Period
between 2.5-3.4 million years ago and ended between 8700 BCE-2000 BCE
Stone Age ended when
humans began making metal tools
3 periods human history divided by technology
Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Can time periods overlap?
Yes, because different parts of the world entered each period at different times.
The Stone Age can be broken down into 3 periods based on tools that were used. What are the periods?
Paleolithic or “Old Stone Age”
Mesolithic, or “Middle Stone Age”
Neolithic, or “New Stone Age”
Paleolithic Period began
About 2.4 million years ago with the earliest use of stone tools
Humans developed into what during the Paleolithic Period?
Homo sapiens
Paleolithic tools were made from
stone, wood, and bone
What were Paleolithic Period people (as it pertained to food?)
hunters-gatherers
What was the key to human survival during the Paleolithic Period?
Fire
How did Paleolithic People create fire?
hit flint stones or rubbed two sticks together
Why was fire so important during the Paleolithic Period?
It provided warmth and light
Kept animals away at night
Allowed food to be cooked and meat to be preserved with smoke
Geographic and climatic changed during the Paleolithic Period were caused by what?
Glaciers moving from Northern regions.
What changes occurred due to the climatic changes during the Paleolithic Period?
Climate became cooler and dried, forests receded, grasslands spread, and wooly mammoths became extinct.
Paleolithic Shelter
wood huts or mouths of caves
Mesolithic Time Period
In northwest Europe it is estimated to be from 10,000 to 5,000 BCE
In southwest Asia it is estimated to be from 20,000 to 9,500 BCE
The climate of the Mesolithic Period
was warmer
During the Mesolithic periods, tools, such as spears for hunting, became more what?
developed by the use of stones and serrated edges
Biggest change in how people lived during the Mesolithic Period
They began to plant some crops and domesticate animals such as sheep, goats, and pigs.
The Neolithic, or New Stone Age, began roughly
10,000 years ago and ended between 4500 and 2000 BCE
The Neolothic Period began in the Middle East in approximately
10,200 BC
During the Neolithic Age, people learned to:
Make better tools and weapons
Domesticate animals for food and work
Establish permanent villages
Tools that could be used for growing crops, such as sickle blades and grinding stones, were first used during
the Neolithic Period
During the Neolithic Period, advances in agriculture were made possible by
advances in tool making
Due to the advances in agriculture during the Neolithic Period, houses started appearing made of what?
Mud bricks coated with plaster
Stonehenge is a famous Neolithic monument located in present-day
Wiltshire, England
Stonehenge is thought to be an ancient
burial ground
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