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Scientists believe that life began on the continent of Africa 3.6 million years ago……
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Neanderthal Cro-Magnon Modern Man
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Cro-Magnon man -early Homo sapiens (the species to which
modern humans belong) that lived
about 40,000 years ago.
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• The Old Stone Age or the Paleolithic Era, was a period of time that lasted until about 12,000 to 70,000 years ago.
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•Man survived by hunting animals and gathering roots, berries,
leaves, and seeds.
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•Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era) people eventually began to hunt in groups.
•These antlers may have been used as a disguise during the hunt.
•Cave Art showing men hunting in groups
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•Man used stone, wood,
and bone tools to survive
during the Old Stone Age.
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Bow found in Denmark
Bone Harpoon
Hand AxeFlint Blades used to sharpen tools
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•using a flint blade to skin an animal
•using a flint blade to butcher a carcass
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There was another important development – the discovery of fire
•There was another important development – the discovery of
fire.
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Many Stone Age people were Nomads, or people who had no settled home.
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• The New Stone Age or The Neolithic Era lasted until about 6,000 to 12,000 years ago.
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• During the Neolithic
Era, people began to
settle in one place.
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• Man began to change his diet and eat grains and small animals.
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• Agriculture is the raising of crops and animals.
• The development of agriculture began over a long period of time and in more than one place.
• People no longer needed to travel great distances to gather food.
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• People learned how to domesticate plants and animals.
• To domesticate means to train something to be useful to people.
• Early people learned to care for plants such as wheat, barley, peas, and lentils.
• The first farmers also domesticated wild goats, cattle, and sheep.
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• Man domesticated wild wheat.•Ancient charred wheat grains are
shown in the picture above.
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• Thousands of years ago, an ear of corn did not make much of a meal. (top)
• It took thousands of years of careful breeding for ears of corn to reach their present size. (bottom)
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• People still used stone, bone, and wooden tools, but some new tools were added by using copper and bronze.
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•These early farming tools date back to around 8,000 years ago. The axe, bottom, was used for clearing; flint sickles,
left, were used for harvesting cereal crops; a flat rock and rounded stone, center, were used for grinding flour; and perforated clay slabs, upper right, were probably used to
ventilate bread ovens.
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