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Old Stone Age a.k.a. The Paleolithic Age beginning about 2 million years ago and ending in various places between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago the evolution of the human species from an apelike creature, or near human, to true Homo sapiens Not only use stones but bones Very crude tools Stones used to throw at animals

Middle Stone Age aka Mesolithic Age Man develops tools to hunt Bows and arrows Fish hooks Harpoons

New Stone Age aka Neolithic Age this change involved the gradual domestication of plants and animals and the formation of settled communities at various times and places.

Characteristics of the Evolution of Civilization

Agriculture to Surplus Production People began to grow more food than they would need – allowed people to do things other than farming

Establishment of Towns/Cities With surplus populations could grow Families now could be larger history/neolithic.html

Division of Labor BuildingSafety.htm In towns/cities people could specialize in one job or another

Evolution of Civilization Lesser Characteristics

Calendar Calendars-Oct03.gif Needed to track seasons for planting/harvesting and migrations (if needed)

Form of Writing mrspock.marion.ohio-state.edu/.../ cuneiform.htm Needed for communication Early forms were cumbersome with too many symbols – became better as time past

Development of Metal Ages

Bronze Age domino.kappa.ro/.../ ist_ilustrata/$file/4.jpg Developed as an alloy of copper and tin Easily made into tools Weakness: not strong enough

Iron Age ironagem/reception.html Iron was smelted (melted) from iron ore Much stronger than bronze Gave those who possessed iron weapons a huge advantage over those who did not