1. The Old Stone Age (The Paleolithic Era)
and
and
The New Stone Age (The Neolithic Era)

2. Scientists believe that life began on the continent of Africa 3
Scientists believe that life began on the continent of Africa 3.6 million years ago……

3. Theory of the Evolution of Man
Neanderthal
Cro-Magnon
Modern Man

4. Cro-Magnon Man
Cro-Magnon man -early Homo sapiens (the species to which modern humans belong) that lived about 40,000 years ago.

5. The Old Stone Age
(The Paleolithic Era)

6. The Old Stone Age or the Paleolithic Era, was a period of time that lasted until about 12,000 to 70,000 years ago.

7. How did man survive?
Man survived by hunting animals and gathering roots, berries, leaves, and seeds.

8. Hunting
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era) people eventually began to hunt in groups.
Cave Art showing men hunting in groups
These antlers may have been used
as a disguise during the hunt.

9. Hunted Animals
Mammoth
Wild Boar
Reindeer

10. Roots, Berries, and Other Plant Life
Gathering...
Roots, Berries, and Other Plant Life
Scurvy Grass
Crowberry
Shabby Inkcaps
Wild Cabbage
Morel
Goosebury

11. Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era) Tools
Man used stone, wood, and bone tools to survive during the Old Stone Age.

12. Bow found in Denmark
Hand Axe
Flint Blades used to sharpen tools
Bone Harpoon

13. Food Processing using a flint blade to skin an animal
using a flint blade to butcher
a carcass

14. Cave Art

15. Lascaux Cave

16. There was another important development – the discovery of fire.
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era)
Development
There was another important development – the discovery of fire
There was another important development – the discovery of fire.

17. Many Stone Age people were Nomads, or people who had no settled home.