1. Paleolithic and Neolithic Peoples
Early Civilization
Paleolithic and Neolithic Peoples

2. Paleolithic Age “Old Stone Age” Earliest Period of Human History
First Stone Tools- 10,000 B.C.
First people lived in East Africa

3. A Satellite View

4. Lifestyle of Paleolithic Age
People live in small hunting bands (20-30)
Men hunt and fish
Women and kids gather berries, fruit, nuts, grain, shellfish, etc…
Nomads= people who move from place to place- follow food source

5. More Paleolithic Fun Facts!
Used Simple Tools of stone, bone, wood
Simple language used to cooperate on hunts and to move
Clothes and Fire invented to survive Ice Age
Animal and Earth Spirits worshipped- begin burying dead with tools, weapons, etc…

6. How Do We Know This?? Cave Paintings
Fossils and other discovered remains

7. Agricultural Revolution
Nomads notice seeds scattered on ground produce crops the next year
Can now remain in one place and survive
Permanent villages develop
Animals once hunted become domesticated

8. Neolithic Age “New Stone Age”
People are food producers for the first time
Population rises
Greater interaction, cooperation between communities

10. Assignment
Create a political cartoon showing the impacts of the Agricultural Revolution- is this the biggest turning point in human history?