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    STONE AGE
    ACTIVITY
    STONE AGE

    The Stone Age is the term given to the


    earliest period of human culture when
    our ancestors started to use stone tools.
    It began around 3.7 million years ago until
    about 2000 B.C. The era ended when humans
    began smelting metal.
    Anthropologists
    believe that the
    Homo habilis was the
    first to make stone
    tools around 2.3
    million years ago.
    STONE AGE

    PALEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC
    (OLD STONE (NEW STONE
    AGE) AGE)
    MESOLITHIC
    (MIDDLE STONE
    AGE)
    PALEOLITIC ERA (OLD STONE AGE)
    PALAIOS – old
    LITHOS- stone or rock

    Humans used stones to


    bash, hit, and scrape.,
    they learned to sharpen
    stones.
    PALEOLITIC ERA (OLD STONE AGE)
    Began around 2.5mya-
    10,000ya

    Flint was commonly


    used in making stone
    tools.
    PALEOLITIC ERA (OLD STONE AGE)
    People were nomadic
    hunter-gatherers.

    They did not have


    permanent settlements,
    thus moving from one
    place to another was a
    way of life.
    MESOLITIC ERA (MIDDLE STONE AGE)
    MESOS- Middle
    LITHOS- Stone

    From 10, 000ya to


    6, 000ya
    MESOLITIC ERA (MIDDLE STONE AGE)
    Finer stone tools, such as
    spearheads and arrows,
    were created

    New tools were


    invented, as well as
    more advanced hunting
    and fishing techniques.
    MESOLITIC ERA (MIDDLE STONE AGE)
    Humans learned to settle
    on the shores of rivers
    and lakes.

    It was also during the


    middle stone age when
    humans learned how to
    fish using hooks and nets.
    MESOLITIC ERA (MIDDLE STONE AGE)

    dogs were first


    domesticated to help
    people hunt.
    NEOLITIC ERA (NEW STONE AGE)

    NEOS- New
    Lithos- Stone

    From 6,000ya to 4,500 ya


    NEOLITIC ERA (NEW STONE AGE)

    It was during the


    Neolithic period when
    people enhanced
    domestication of animals
    such as goats, pigs and
    sheep.
    NEOLITIC ERA (NEW STONE AGE)

    they gradually
    developed
    sophisticated farming
    and agriculture in
    settled communities.
    NEOLITIC ERA (NEW STONE AGE)

    they gradually
    developed
    sophisticated farming
    and agriculture in
    settled communities.
    NEOLITIC ERA (NEW STONE AGE)

    Pottery was also a


    breakthrough during this
    time as well as the
    systems of writing and
    weaving.
    Did you know?
    Stone Age people
    lived in huts made of
    wood, stone or animal
    bones that were
    covered with clay or
    animal skins.
    Did you know?
    In very cold places such
    as Canada, Alaska, and
    Siberia, mummified
    mammoths have been
    discovered in ice blocks
    with intact skeletons
    and blood samples.
    Did you know?
    Stone Age people hunted
    dangerous and huge
    animals such as the woolly
    mammoth. Woolly
    Mammoths were one of
    the popular subjects of
    neolithic cave paintings.
    Did you know?
    Some of the Stone Age
    beliefs include contacting
    the spirit of animals when
    hunting, telling stories of
    thunderstorms and sunrise,
    worshipping nature, and
    construction of megaliths
    or tomb boulders.
    Did you know?
    Around 75,000 years
    ago, Stone Age people
    started to use shells,
    bones, and tusks as
    ornaments and
    jewelry.

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