HISTORY OF HISTORY EVOLUTION STONE AGE

Stone-Age-beginning of 2.5million years ago

Period is measured by tools made by early man

Men –are cave dwellers belonging to the pre-historic period

Early men were Nomads Used skin of animals for clothes

Stone Age Vocabulary

Artefacts-objects made or used by humans.

Atlatl-a spear thrower Archaeologists-who researches ancient

cultures by examining their material remains.

Homo sapiens-species of bipedal primates characterized by language and making and using,tools;thinking man.

Genome-a life’s form genetic material.

Anthropologist-one who studies human development,culture and behavior.

Fossil-the remains of a living thing from a previous geologic age.

Hominid-human and human-like beings

Paleontologist-studies fossil remains

Stone Age Paleolithic age(Old Stone Age)35,000-10,000BC

Mesolithic Neolithic (Middle Stone Age) (New Stone

Age) 10,000-8,000BC 8,000-

3,000BC

Tick the activities that were perfomed by early humans.cross out the wrong ones

1.Making fire- 2.Hunting animals- 3.Watching television- 4.Reading books- 5.Surfing the net- 6.Chopping meat- 7.Painting on cave walls- 8.Making tools of stone-

ASSIGNMENT

Collect pictures of tools and weapons of the Early man and paste it in A4 size chart paper and file it.

Prepare a quiz of 10 questions on the life of the people in the Stone Age

Paleolithic Age

‘Paleo’ means ‘old’ and Lithos means ‘stone’

Features are-evolution of man,started making tools from stones

Search of food Period covers about 99% of human

history Nomadic life Art of speaking

Paleolithic people were great artist –paintings on the roof and walls of caves

Painted only animals that they had to bring down –reindeers,bisons,horses etc

Paintings discovered in caves of Europe Used knapped stones,wood and bones for

hunting