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TOOLS AND WEAPONS

Prehistory is the time before there were written records. WHAT IS PREHISTORY? Prehistory is the time before there were written records. Creation of Earth, 4.5 billion years ago                                  “Age of Fish”, 600 million years ago “Age of Reptiles”, 220 million years ago Early Man, 65 million years ago

Australopithecus 1-5 million years ago Earliest forms of HOMINDS: upright, bipedal primate mammals More like apes than humans

Homo Habilis: “Handy Man” First human species about 2 million years ago 30% larger brain than Australopithecus Able to walk upright Use of tools What is the importance of being able to walk upright?

Homo Erectus 400,000-2 million years ago 50% larger brain that homo habilis Used tools First species to use & control fire NOMADIC people Hunters-gatherers Originated in Africa; migrated to Europe & Asia Changes in Homo Erectus

Homo Sapiens Earliest form of modern man Lived 300,000 – 400,000 years ago Found throughout Africa, Asia and Europe

Neanderthal Man (Homo Sapiens) What common misconceptions exist about Neanderthal Man?

Homo Sapiens Sapiens: Modern Human Beings 130,000 years ago - present arrived during the Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) Carving of human head, 26,000 years old Improved tools & weapons Cave Art Venus figurines Needles for sewing clothes Compare the skulls of Neanderthal Man (left) and Homo Sapiens Sapiens (right)

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. What is a tool? A tool is a device or a piece of equipment that typically provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a task or enables the accomplishment of a task not otherwise possible. The most basic tools are simple machines. When particularly intended for domestic use, a tool is often called a utensil. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. The Stone Age The first tool-makers! This period of time is called the Stone Age because these very early men created tools from stone. The Stone Age ran from about 2 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. 200,000 years later… Man learns to make FIRE!!! They were probably a bit startled when they saw what they had created, little knowing that the invention of fire would change life dramatically!  DISCUSS: How do you think the ability to make fire changed life? I QNMAJN Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. The Bronze Age The Stone Age developed into the Bronze Age after radical changes in agricultural technology which included: development of agriculture (people began to grow crops), animal domestication (people began to raise animals), and the adoption of permanent settlements (people began to stay in one area). During this period in the development of technology is when metals were first used regularly in the manufacture of tools and weapons. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Bronze Age Tools Can you guess which tools were used for what? Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. The Iron Age The Iron Age involved the adoption of iron smelting technology. It generally replaced bronze, and made it possible to produce tools which were stronger and cheaper to make than bronze equivalents. In many Eurasian cultures, the Iron Age was the last major step before the development of written language. Also developed during the Iron Age was a coin system. Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Iron Age Tools Can you guess which tools were used for what? Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. Iron Age Iron Age, marks the period of development of Technology, when the working of iron came into general use, replacing bronze as the basic material for implements and weapons. It is the last stage of the archaelogical sequence known as the three-age system (Stone Age, Bronze Age, & Iron Age). Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us. Terms and Time Periods Paleolithic Age = Old Stone Age = 2 million years - 10,000 years ago Paleo = Old, Lithic = Stone. Beginnings of tool-making to beginnings of farming. Hunting, gathering, and fishing the universal way of life. Late Paleolithic = 200,000 - 10,000 years ago Advances toward greater cultural complexity, which began to appear when Homo sapiens still lived only in Africa. More and better tools, symbolic thought and expression. Hunting, gathering, and fishing continue but settlements become bigger in some places. Neolithic Age = 10,000 - 4,000 years ago Neo = New, Lithic = Stone. More complex stone tools. Early era of farming to beginnings of city-based societies. Humans in many parts of the world continue to gather and hunt. Late Paleolithic Neo- lithic Copyright of www.makemegenius.com, for more videos ,visit us.

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