Chapter 1 Section 2 Prehistory

A hominid is a modern human or a member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans.

The Stone Age is a period of time during which hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of prehistoric culture.

A nomad is a person who has no settled home. To domesticate is to adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and to breed them for Human use.

means to be related to the raising of livestock. Pastoral means to be related to the raising of livestock.

Taking notes: As you read, look for details about survival during the Stone Age. Complete the table below, and use it to record your findings. Topic Details Tools Hunting Gathering Fire Settlement Farming Animals

*Tools were also made from wood & animal bones Stone Age Culture The ability to make tools was very important! Studying tools helps us to learn about the development of Prehistoric culture.   The Stone Age: a time period when hominids, including modern humans made lasting tools from stone. *Tools were also made from wood & animal bones

Stone Age PERIOD

Old Stone Age (Paleolithic): People did not know how to farm They moved from place to place and were called Hunter- Gatherers these people survived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants Almost all of Prehistory took place during the old stone age FIRE! Between 1,400,000 and 500,000 years ago our ancestors learned how to make fire! Fire helped people to ward off dangerous animals The first fire started by rubbing two sticks together or by creating a spark This allowed people to move to colder climates

Settling new areas: As early people developed tools, they left their original homes in Africa around 1 million years ago Early hominids eventually spread out over much of the Earth Our human ancestors originated in Africa and migrated to Europe and Asia **Go Online to PHSchool.com web-code: lbp-2111 for migration activity

The Middle Stone Age ( Mesolithic): The Beginning of Farming During the Middle Stone Age people used more advanced tools Planting seeds and growing crops helped people to stay in one place and farm Northern Europe, Japan, and the Fertile Crescent belt of Mesopotamia have been a great location for archaeologists finding tools and implements from the Mesolithic Age. These tools show remarkable evolution from the crude Paleolithic tools. From a hunter-gatherer society, human beings began experimenting with agriculture during this period. Crude jewelry made of stone and shells belonging to this era have also been discovered, which showed some creative instincts of human beings. Cave paintings and the discovery of music are also attributed to the Mesolithic Age. 

The New Stone Age The New Stone Age started in Asia This is when the earliest farmers planted seeds and learned how to grow their own food and raise livestock (animals) these were called pastoral farmers Fertile soil (or rich soil) was best for farming. Domesticate plants- adapt wild plants for human use.

New Stone Age: begins with the introduction of farming, dating variously from c. 9,000 BCE in the Near East, c. 7,000 BCE in Southeast Europe, c. 6,000 BCE in East Asia, and even later in other regions. This is the time when plant and animal domestication was introduced. Agriculture brought major changes in the way human society is organized and how it uses the earth in order to store for long periods of time, therefore creating surpluses. Other new technologies for farming and herding were later introduced and this then created more food available for more people, more villages, and a movement towards a more complex social and political organization. As the population density of the villages increase, they gradually evolve into towns and finally into cities.  Towards the end of the Neolithic era, copper is introduced, which then moves us into a period called the Bronze Age.

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