Stone Age Notebook Quiz

Paleolithic Time Period...

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

Paleolithic Time Period...

• Hand axes and picks were used in modern-day Africa

• Metal tools were used in modern-day Africa

• No tools were used during this time period

Paleolithic Time Period...

• Early humans utilized cave paintings as a form of expression and communication

• Early humans utilized watercolor paint as a form of expression and communication

• Early humans had no form of art to use as an expression or communication

5?'s Neolithic Time Period...

• -tools advanced beyond hunting and gathering

• -creation of pottery

• -agriculture became a staple

  -farming

  and animal domestication progressed

• -villages were built.

• -semi-nomadic lifestyle

4 ?'s Hunters-gatherers

• date

  back over two million years ago to Africa, where the first hominids lived. They were nomadic people who migrated frequently, following animals to hunt with advanced tools and possessing extensive

  knowledge of

  plant life.

• were nomads who moved from place to place, following animals for hunting and using their knowledge of plants to survive. Typically the men hunted and the women and children gathered berries and other wild plants.

3?'s Hunter-Gatherers

• Hunter-gatherers lived in small bands of about 20-50 people, including children. These bands would often include several families living together. Men would hunt while women gathered berries, fruits, seeds, and nuts from wild plants in the area.

• Spears

  were created (first

  with wooden tips and then later stone tips) and were used as specialized fishing tools. Hunters were able to catch larger amounts of prey in order to provide for their families and the bands with which

  they traveled.

Ancient Tools and Artifacts3?'s

• Wooden spears were carved like a javelin and thrown while hunting.

• Animal bones had many uses – weaponry, sewing needles, and other tools.

• Fire provided protection from animals, offered warmth, and cooked food.

3?'s Ancient Tools and Artifacts

• Cave paintings were the

  earliest forms of communication

• An awl is a tool created to pierce holes through leather and wood

• A dolmen was where early humans kept ancestral

  remains.

3?'sHominid Timeline

• Homo Habilis(2.5 Million to 1.5 Million BC)One of the first human ancestors, able to use stone tools

• Homo Erectus

  (1.6 Million to 250,000 BC) “erectus” meaning upright stature, first to move from Africa

• Homo Sapiens(400,000 BC to the Present)the modern and intelligent human of today

Archaeology3?'s

• Archaeology is the study of ancient materials and other physical remains of prehistoric humans. Archaeologists work diligently in order to discover artifacts or manmade objects that were left behind by the people of a specific time period.

• An anthropologist studies human societies and their development. Archeologists and anthropologists often work together to uncover the history of early humans and their existence.