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    A Paleolithic Diet

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    study. The question the author asked was “Whether, independent of weight loss, a Palaeolithic-type diet alters characteristics of the metabolic syndrome.” The article was not published in a peer-reviewed journal. The author’s hypothesis was that a Paleolithic diet would alter characteristics of metabolic syndrome. The study was conducted by selecting thirty-six Netherlanders between the ages of eighteen and seventy. At least two of the test subjects exhibited symptoms of metabolic syndrome. Later in

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    Paleolithic art is the oldest known style of art to mankind. It lasted from 42,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE. This is the time of when humans that are now referred to as cavemen existed. This is also the time period after the ice age. Paleolithic people were not confined to any specific geographic parameter because they were nomadic, but much evidence of Paleolithic life comes from parts of Asia, Europe, and Africa. They often traveled from place to place depending on the availability of natural resources

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    The picture of the Paleolithic life reveals that this was a prehistoric era known as the “Stone Age” era. The discovery made by Chauvet, Lascaux, and other archeologist signifies that there was life on earth over millions of years ago. Paleolithic people depicted art on the cave walls as a way to communicate and tell the history of their existence. However, Paleolithic people not only used the cave as a canvas, but also as their living quarters. Paleolithic people were the first inventors of art

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    The Paleolithic and Neolithic periods were both extremely different but also immensely similar. Between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, the two seemed to have the biggest difference in their lifestyles and tools. There are also quite a lot of similarities between the two including the idea of tools and the use of fire. Their lifestyles being almost alike are very different, with the Neolithic people celebrating holidays and finished efficient tools to the Paleolithic people making unfinished

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    A. Humans began migrating across the globe during the Paleolithic Age. The human species originated in Eastern Africa around the African Great Lakes. From there, they spread out all over Africa. Then they moved out of Africa into Southwestern Asia. They migrated toward Europe and from Eastern Asia down through the Pacific Islands and Australia. Many historians argue over how humans populated the Americas, but most believe that they traveled on a land bride, connecting Russia to North America during

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    They are really Paleolithic and Neolithic people who were actually intelligent. They made many advances to help them survive. First of all, the paleolithic people discovered fire, and the neolithic people discovered how to farm. In my history it says“The paleolithic people used fire to keep warm,the neolithic learned how to farm crops”. “Paleolithic people used fire to scare away wild animals or predators away”. The neolithic people farmed to get food for their health. The paleolithic people used

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    Nisa is very useful since she has more personal insight and experience on how the paleolithic women used to live. Evidence is that her family were hunter gatherers and when she left from “the bush” she started to learn what other people were like since she was only used to staying and waiting for her father to bring food. And she realized that people in the wider world are stingy. In her culture it is tradition for a wife and husband to have sex. Nisa believed she was expected to have sex with Tashay

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    Paleolithic art, an introduction The oldest art: ornamentation Humans have been creating art with many different meanings and using a plethora of materials for thousands of years. Ancient non-representational ornamentation has been discovered all across Africa, featuring punctured snail shells covered in red ochre. These shells are believed to be around 82,000 years old, and have shown to be strung as beads for necklaces and other jewelry. In Israel, Nassarius beads have been discovered, reaching

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    which differ but all divide history into two periods, the Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Period. In the Paleolithic period, there was little to no evidence of political activities and a government, while the Neolithic period had agriculture which led to advancements in political structures, activities, etc., increase of populations and the creation of professional managers. There is also a difference in economy as seen when the Paleolithic people had a foraging economy while the Neolithic people

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    The Stone Age was divided into two eras, The Paleolithic and the Neolithic. During the Paleolithic Era, humans mostly foraged for food, used crude tools, and depended heavily on the environment around them. By the time the Neolithic Era began, people were developing more complex technology, social organization, using fire, and living sedentary lifestyles because of the discovery of agriculture. During the Paleolithic era, hominids used the natural materials in the environment around them (mostly

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