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Paleolithic Era Impacts of Migration & Culture

Paleolithic Era Impacts of Migration & Culture. Paleolithic Era 45000 BCE to 10000 BCE What was life like?

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Paleolithic Era

Impacts of Migration & Culture

Paleolithic Era

• 45000 BCE to 10000 BCEWhat was life like?

Hunter-gatherersPurposefully migratedLarge lands to support small populationsStarvation uncommonGender roles differed w/o subordination

Many things cut life short: warfare, childbirth

Paleolithic Era

Paleolithic Era

Key Development:• humans migrated to all regions

Migration

Causes? Effects?

What is culture? all learned things that make up a people’s entire way of life

Culture

“Human beings, like other living things, have physical needs. They need food to survive and

a safe place to raise their young…

 

Other animals fill these needs with their physical characteristics. For example, a lion uses speed,

sharp teeth, and claws to capture its food.

 

Humans lack these physical tools. Left to get food like the lion, humans would starve. Culture is

how humans find food and safety…”

Paleolithic Era

• B/t 45000 BCE & 10000 BCE humans developed culture– made humans more productive

Culture

Comprised of…

1. Belief systems

2. Economy

3. Social Structure

4. Traditions

5. Political systems

6. Arts

7. Language

Why do cultures change?

• Technology

• Environment

• Diffusion

Paleolithic Era

Where are these environments?

So…during the period, humans migrated to all regions of the world, because they developed culture. Once in these regions, cultures changed more due to new environments and technologies.

Climate

300 N

23.50 N Tropic of Cancer

00 Equator

660 N

Climate: Tropical

Hot Wet Further from equator sometimes has a

dry season however = Tropical Wet & Dry: 2 seasons

Amazon Rainforest

Climate: Desert Hot Dry

Sahara

Climate: Temperate 4 seasons Moderate or “in the middle”

Pennsylvania

Climate: Arctic

Cold

Myth of Continents How many continents do

you see? What makes something

a continent?

Label Continents