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    STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

    ...from stone to metal By: HisGeo 101

    STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT


    STONE AGE about 2 million BCE to 3000 BCE all weapons and tools were only made of stone pre-historic (writing was not yet present) OLD STONE (Paleolithic) AGE MIDDLE STONE (Mesolithic) AHE NEW STONE (Neolithic) AGE

    PALEOLITHIC
    400,000 BCE - 8000 BCE tools and weapons they hunted and fished fire and stone skills were enhanced they had religious rituals based on nature language was developed (signals and sounds)

    MESOLITHIC
    between Old Stone and New Stone Age graduals domestication of animals and plants (like dogs) formation of settled communities (sedentary life) hunting, fishing, food gathering pottery was done and bows were used

    NEOLITHIC
    around 8000 BCE food gathering changed to producing (farming / agriculture) hunters became herders (domestication) the early humans made better tools (polished) pots and jars were used the people lived in permanent dwellings and had tribes and villages eventually

    NEOLITHIC
    village government priests were made rulers (theocracy) religious rituals were still based on nature lands were owned domestication was done economy was improved (trade of goods) social structure was present (workers, rulers) religion was also present

    NEOLITHIC
    started at different times in different places of the world Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent / Iraq), China, Americas, Africa (Egypt), Europe and India (Indus Valley) This period was a turning point in our history because it gave way for the formation of cities which eventually turn into the first civilizations of the world that make up who we are today.

    METAL AGES
    COPPER AGE 5000 BCE Egyptians for ornamental purposes

    METAL AGES
    BRONZE AGE 2000 BCE mixture of copper and tin made stronger and better tools important in trade and commerce

    METAL AGES
    IRON AGE 1000 BCE transportation (used in vehicles) better roads factories large cities

    STONE & METAL AGES


    led way to CIVILIZATIONS

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