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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.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_924421.htm


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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.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_924421.htm
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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.

http://www.krsh.com/morningshow/blindedarchive/JewelryEverAppropriate.htm


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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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