1. Paleolithic vs. Mesolithic vs. Neolithic (2.1-3)
Era
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Time period
Major Characteristics

3. Paleolithic vs. Mesolithic vs. Neolithic (2.1-3) Pre-historic peoples
Era
Paleolithic (2.1)
Mesolithic (2.2)
Neolithic (2.3)
Time period
Up to 10,000 years ago
About 10,000 to 5,000 years ago
About 10,000 to 3,000 years ago
Major Characteristics
Old Stone Age *Used stone tools: - at first very basic - then sharper with flint - add wooden handle (ax) - added a shaft & make a spear= hunting (men) - gathered plants, seeds, fruits, etc. (women) - cooked with fire
*Formed societies
*art=Cave paintings (religious?)
*created oral language *migration of people over land bridge (nomads) *live in caves but begin building shelter too.
Middle Stone Age *Ice age ends *More migration *New tools: hooks, fishing spears, bow & arrow, *Better above ground houses *canoes=travel on rivers & lakes *pottery *pets
New Stone Age *begin to use metal *change from food gathering to food production (farming & herding)=
domestication
Beginning in Southwest Asia *stay in one place *development of towns *development of religion (ex. Megaliths, nature gods, and pray to ancestors

4. Paleolithic (200,000-10,000 yrs. ago)
Mesolithic (10,000-5,000 yrs. ago)
Neolithic (10,000-3,000 yrs. ago)