The Stone Age Flashcards
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314832947 | Old Stone Age | Prehistory - 8000 B.C.E. The start of: - Tools (used for stone chopping) - Fire (using it and controlling it) - Language | 0 | |
314832948 | New Stone Age | 8000 B.C.E. - 3000 B.C.E. The start of: - Polished Stone Tools - Pottery (Vases, bowls, etc.) - Growing crops. - Raising animals. | 1 | |
314832949 | Homo Habilis | Man of skill, or 'handy man'. Created tools made of lava rock used to cut meat and crack open bones. | 2 | |
314832950 | Homo Erectus | Upright man. Technology: Ways to apply knowledge, tools, and inventions. Fossils discovered in India, China, Southeast Asia and Europe. Created fire, language and tools. | 3 | |
314832951 | Homo Sapiens | Wise Men (Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons) | 4 | |
314832952 | Neanderthals | From Neander Valley, Germany. Survived harsh Ice Age winters by living in caves or temporary shelters made of wood and animal skins. Lived and survived for about 170,000 years and then vanished mysteriously about 30,000 years ago. | 5 | |
314832953 | Cro-Magnons | Their skeletal remains show that they are identical to modern-day humans. Better organized and clever. Studied animal habits and stalked their prey. Where skilled in language which caused them to grow and populate at a slightly faster rate so they eventually replaced the Neanderthals. | 6 | |
314832954 | Agriculture | Farming. Discovered accidently when women dropped seeds. | 7 | |
314832955 | Venus Figurines | The goddess Aphrodite. The Cro-Magnons used her image to represent life and fertility. | 8 |