CHAPTER 1- SECTION 1 EARLY HUMANS

PALEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC

Men hunted animals for food. They learned how to

domesticate animals.

Had early forms of technology. First villages, Jericho & Catal

Huyuk

Old Stone Age New Stone Age

Lived mostly in caves & tent-

like shelters

Used plants for food.

Cave paintings thought to

have religious meaning or to

have a good hunt.

Later became known as the

Bronze Age (used bronze

tools)

Nomads (hunter-gatherers);

travel in small clans of no

more than 30 people

Began to stay in one place

because of FARMING

REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!

Discovered/tamed fire-

cooking food, warmth, scare

wild animals, smoked meat,

light the darkness

Started using copper for tools,

then went to bronze- also

made better farming tools

(sickle)

Women cared for children &

gathered nuts & berries.

Men herded, farmed, took care

of the crops, & protected the

villages.

Men hunted for the meat

using strategies like running

Women did household tasks.

them off cliffs, spears, clubs,

bows & arrows.

Spoken language- no more

grunting

Mud brick houses & places to

worship.

ICE AGE- taming fire

important to their SURVIVAL!;

forced them to adapt to

survive this and beyond.

Specialization- making

pottery, weaving cloth, carved

objects out of wood

Used stone (flint) to make

simple tools; crushed stones

for painting

Permanent housing, staying in

one place creating a secure

environment.

Began to build tombs.