Stone Age

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Before Civilizations We first found evidence of human creativity in 1940 when a cave was discovered, the walls of the cave were covered with paintings of animals and there were many stone tools in the cave. Stone toolmaking, which was considered the very first cultural activity, first started happening during the stone age, a time of great advancements in art and religion and science. Around 10,000 years ago what we know as the agricultural revolutions began to take place, humans began the changeover

domesticate sheep and other animals, while Maise, beans, and corn were being domesticated in the Americas. The events that mark the end of this period are the discovery of copper metallurgy and bronze which in turn mark the beginning of the Bronze age. Most tools were being

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 for survival. The term Paleolithic literally means Old Stone Age. They manufactured sharp weapons out of pebbles and rock in order to have stone tools available for hunting purposes.

is to pursue knowledge and move forward. All the advances made throughout history testify to that. How could it be that intelligence was not a factor in the ability of prehistoric humans to sustain life as they knew it? The unearthing of bones, stone tools and fossils provides the evidence

opening of the cave, where there was light and depended on animals to feed on. Other than cave paintings, another form of their art was sculpting. The Paleolithic sculpts human figures, mostly female figures. The materials used were ivory, bone, horn, stone, and clay. Only a few were made of wood. By circa 8,000 B.C.E., hunters became farmers, using plants, seeds,

food. Also, no one had specific jobs because everyone’s jobs were focused on hunting and gathering food. During this time period, everything was made of stone because it was an easy to find and bountiful resource. The Neolithic Revolution is often called the “New Stone Age”. This is because; people were making tools with metals instead of stone. Some changes were the domestications of animals and crops, permanent settlement, and technology and job specialization. The changes in the Neolithic Revolution

what is the Neolithic Revolution? About 12,000 years ago, the Ice Age ended. The climate grew warmer, the ice melted, and the animals and landscape changed. Up until then, these humans were nomads (they didn’t have any settled homelands). They wandered (in small groups) from place to place to find food such as hunting animals for meat and gathering wild grains, nuts, and berries. This was known as the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age). By about 10,000 years ago, some people starting settling down and

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 the Ice age. Once they reached North America

these tools and created new ones. They made these tools so that they can provide shelter, protection, defense from other predators, food, and also clothing. As the Paleolithic era was ending, the hominids were building much more innovative wood and stone structures. They also started