The Stone Age Flashcards

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