1. Early Humans and the Agricultural Revolution
Chapter 3 Lessons 1 and 2

2. Prehistoric People
Hunter-Gathering Period – time before farming when man hunted and gathered wild plants for food
Paleolithic Age – ‘old stone age’
Nomadic – people got their food from hunting and gathering
Used simple tools – chipped stone
Fire was discovered and they learned how to make it

3. neolithic Age – ‘New stone age’
People began to farm and produce their own food
Neolithic Revolution – man changed from hunter to farmer – Agricultural Revolution
Some consider this the biggest event in human history
Domesticate – tamed animals and raised them for food rather than hunting
Results:
Population increased – better, more stable food supply
Specialization – people began to specialize in one job
Trade Began
Governments form – organized village life
Tools – became more sophisticated – ground and polished
Civilization – societies developed with knowledge of farming, trade, government, arts, and science
Stone age ends with the development of Bronze – ushers in the Bronze age
even better weapons and tools