Section 1Paleolithic Age

Continued

•Homo habilis: “skilled man”•Homo erectus: “man who walks upright”

•Homo sapiens: “man who thinks”

Homo sapiens

•300,000 – 200,000 years ago

•Neanderthals•Cro-Magnons

Homosapiens

Neanderthals•Named after Neander River in Germany where remains were found in 1856

Neanderthals were…•Good hunters: used pitfalls – large hole covered with branches, leaves, and earth

•Builders: covered mammoth bones with animal skins

•Built drainage ditches in caves

•First to bury their dead

•Good hunters: used pitfalls – large hole covered with branches, leaves, and earth

•Builders: covered mammoth bones with animal skins

•Built drainage ditches in caves

•First to bury their dead

Cro-MagnonsCro-Magnons•Named after rock shelter in France in 1868

•100,000 years •Believe these to be first humans

•Named after rock shelter in France in 1868

•100,000 years •Believe these to be first humans

Cro-Magnons - burin

•Chisel to make other tools

•Became better hunters•Increase in food supply

Burins

Spears

•Threw spears which were safer

•Kept distance from animals

Axe•Cut trees and make canoes

•Maybe this is how first Australians arrived in Australia 40,000 years ago

Cro-Magnons also…

•Made ornaments from bone, ivory, & shell

•Were artists – paint, clay•Cooperated with other bands: hunting, social gatherings, trade

Cave Paintings

•Cave paintings may have religious importance

•Believed animals had spirits•Believed painting animals gave humans power over their spirits and helped in hunting