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Paleolithic - Neolithic Paleolithic or Old Stone Age dates from
the first stone tool makers (approx. 2
million BCE) to about 10,000 BCE.
Strong archeological evidence indicates the
first humans came from Africa
This evidence was provided by Mary and
Louis Leaky & Donald Johanson
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The oldest human footprints in
the world were unearthed at
Laetoli, near Olduvai Gorge, inTanzinia. These footprints led
Owen Lovejoy to conclude that
even these early hominids walked
with an upright, striding gait just
as modern humans do.
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Lucy - is one of the oldest andmost complete skeletons ofhuman ancestry, which was
discovered by Don Johanson
in Ethiopia's Afar Triangle.
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Otzi, the oldest mummyever unearthed, was foundin the Italian Alps in 1991.
Scientists were thrilled tofind he had remainedfrozen, and almost perfectlypreserved, for thousands ofyears.
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Otzi..The Ice Man He wore clothing made from leather and grasses and carried
a copper axe, a bow and arrows. Speculation immediatelybegan about who he was and why he died where he did, butit was hard to do too much checking without damaging his
body.
Later, an arrowhead was found in his left shoulder,suggesting Otzi did not simply freeze to death while climbingthe high mountains, but was shot by a fellow hunter.
After studying the corpse's intestines, Italian researcherProfessor Franco Rollo, an archaeologist at the Universita diCamerino in Italy concluded last year that the iceman's finalmeals consisted of venison and ibex meat.
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Characteristics of
Paleolithic Period The people were hunters and gatherers
They lived in small groups of about 20-30 people
Sexual division of labor
Nomadic people who followed game and ripening
fruit
Developed simple tools from stone, bone or wood
Invented clothing
Cave paintings and religious rituals
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In a handful of piercedseashells found in a South
African cave, scientistsbelieve that they havediscovered the worlds oldestknown jewelry and theearliest reliabile evidence ofcreative symbolic thought atwork. The 41 tiny shells,unearthed at Blombos Cave,were strung as beads more
than 75,00 years ago, makingthem at least 30,000 yearsolder than any other reliablydated personal ornaments.
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Neolithic Period Approx. 10,000 years ago Hunter and
Gatherers began to farm
Life became more sedentary and permanentvillages developed
Seed planting and animal domestication
Neolithic people became food producers Farming..FarmingFarming.
___________ led to growth in population
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Out of Africa
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Characteristics of
Neolithic Period Councils of elders began making decisions
Individuals accumulated more personal
property
Some type of calendar invented
Animals used in field work These innovations led to the emergence of
civilizations
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Skara Brae
An early Neolithic village
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