eARLY HUMANS
EARLY HUMANS
The Paleolithic Era, or the Old Stone Age, was the earliest known time period before 8000 BCE. In this time period people are nomads and they hunt for food. The weapons they did use were made out of stone. These people were called hunter-gatherers because all they did was hunt and gather food. The people traveled in groups with about 30 others. While the men were hunting the women would stay at the campsite and look after their children or look for nuts and berries. Their shelters were typically made of animal skins or they lived in caves. When the paleolithic people discovered fire they realized that it kept us warm and made food easier to digest. To make fire they would rub two pieces of wood together to create friction which made sparks. During the Ice Ages fire was a necessity to life. This bitter coldness started in 100,000 BCE until 8ooo BCE. Also the people created a spoken language. Some started making art on cave walls by crushing colored rocks into powder.The tools were upgraded by using flint for weapons; they would strike the flint hard with stone until it was sharp. People made fish hooks and sowed animal skins together with needles made of fish bones. The Paleolithic Era ended when the Ice Ages ended.
vocabulary:
Artifacts: Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans
Anthropologists: People that study how humans developed and related to one another
Archaeologists: People who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been
Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age: The earliest period of human history; before 8000 BCE
Neolithic Age or New Stone Age: After 8000 bce; Farming is invented
Technology: tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
Villages: Groups of people settling in one place because of farming
specialization: People developing jobs other than farming and hunting; Craftspeople
Bronze Age: between 3000BCE-1200BCE; Bronze became widely used for its strength
Ice Ages: Long periods of extreme cold; Fire was discovered
nomads: people who move from place to place to find their food
AD: Anno Domini "In the Year of our Lord"
Hunter-Gatherers: People that hunt for and gather their food
BC: Before Christ
Agricultural Revolution: Another name for Neolithic Revolution
Fossils: traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
CE: Common Era
BCE: Before the Common Era
Domesticate: to tame plants and animals for human use
Historians: People who study and write about the past
vocabulary:
Artifacts: Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans
Anthropologists: People that study how humans developed and related to one another
Archaeologists: People who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might once have been
Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age: The earliest period of human history; before 8000 BCE
Neolithic Age or New Stone Age: After 8000 bce; Farming is invented
Technology: tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
Villages: Groups of people settling in one place because of farming
specialization: People developing jobs other than farming and hunting; Craftspeople
Bronze Age: between 3000BCE-1200BCE; Bronze became widely used for its strength
Ice Ages: Long periods of extreme cold; Fire was discovered
nomads: people who move from place to place to find their food
AD: Anno Domini "In the Year of our Lord"
Hunter-Gatherers: People that hunt for and gather their food
BC: Before Christ
Agricultural Revolution: Another name for Neolithic Revolution
Fossils: traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock
CE: Common Era
BCE: Before the Common Era
Domesticate: to tame plants and animals for human use
Historians: People who study and write about the past
Problem: AFTER THE FOOD WAS GONE THEY HAD TO MOVE TO SURVIVE.
SOLUTION: They started planting the seeds to grow new food and figured out how to farm crops. This allowed them to settle in one place.
SOLUTION: They started planting the seeds to grow new food and figured out how to farm crops. This allowed them to settle in one place.