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    Iron Era Research Paper

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    There are four ages of early humanity which are gold, silver, bronze and Iron Age. The first age of human existence was the age of Gold. At this time, life was moral goodness and fruitfulness. Humans ate all of the fruit back then without having to work for it. In the age of silver, people had to work for a living. The age of bronze saw the first wars, but some semblance of morality persisted. In the age of iron, however, nothing is sacred. Even family ties lead to bloodshed .In the Iron Age; the

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    known as Paleolithic people, obtained food using tools and weapons such as spears, hand axes and flint stones to start a fire for cooking their meals. These groups of twenty to thirty members devoted all of their energy to hunting and gathering food because their survival and customs depended on the hunting success of each member. Hunting and gathering were difficult tasks and did not provide free time, other than to rest at night. Moreover, as the stores of food depleted, Paleolithic people, who

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    The Neolithic Era was the last era of the Stone Age, in which Homo sapiens lived and experienced and left behind their creations and achievements. The era’s borders are not entirely specific but are labeled with the beginning of trends. The era began with the entrance of agriculture and exited with the adoption of iron tools. These events took action in various places and cultures. For instance, this era had a duration of 9,000 years to 5,000 years ago in southern Europe, and then 4,000 years

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    Chapter 1 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

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    Stiner states in , Finding a Common Bandwidth: Causes of Convergence and Diversity in Paleolithic Beads, “Cognitively advanced hominins evolved… 250,000 years ago,.” yet we see the first evidence of “symbiotic expression” roughly 100,000- 45,000 BP. This does not mean that there was not any works created earlier, it just means that there is no surviving evidence. Pigment traces of ochre and manganese in Lower Paleolithic sites add to the indications that there was some sort of symbiotic expression occurring

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    living in the Paleolithic Era transitioned and evolved to become farming people during the Neolithic Era, with different economic and social characteristics. During both ages, one similarity is that both societies developed forms of language and the generation of artistic technologies. However, they differ as the Neolithic Era founded the basis of artificial selection and the domestication of crops and animals, deviating from the basis of hunting and gathering seen in the Paleolithic Era. Historical

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    The bird-shaped pestle was used by early farmers over 4000 years ago. It was said to be used to grind the vegetable taro in a mortar. Learning to grow crops over 9000 years ago, the people in Papua New Guinea was one of only seven locations where farming was developed after the last ice age. With its delicate bird shape, suggest that it may have been used for preparing food on special occasions. The Jomon pot was one of the earliest pots mad in the world. The Jomon pot was used to boil food and

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    Paleolithic people and Neolithic people were very different hominids, and they have many interesting facts about them.One interesting fact about the Paleolithic people is that they rarely ever traded with anyone. Paleolithic people lived 2 million years ago and lasted until 8000 B.C.E. An interesting fact about Neolithic people is they built their houses out of adobe and they were permanent houses. Neolithic people lived in 8000 B.C.E and lasted until 3000 B.C.E. They lived in the fertile crescent

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    The Paleolithic Era and the Neolithic Era had many similarities and differences. The Paleolithic Era was known as the old stone age, it stated on 2,000,000 BCE. After the Paleolithic Era came the Neolithic Era which was also known as the new stone age. The people that live during the Paleolithic Era where nomads which meant they moved around to gather their food. The paleolithic Era people hunted and gathered their food. However, during the Neolithic Era the people knew how to farm and domesticate

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    AR6_SA_U1_L11_LC Introduction and Objective The Neolithic Era, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology. Traditionally considered the last part of the Stone Age, the Neolithic commenced with the beginning of farming. Metal tools became widespread, along with the use of wild and domestic crops and of domesticated animals. When people think of pottery, they might think of bowls and cups, of eating and drinking. But pottery can, in fact, be art as well. During the Neolithic

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