The Paleolithic age covers a period from about 30‚000-12‚000 BCE. This era is also known as the Old Stone Age. The Neolithic age‚ also called the New Stone Age‚ covers a period from roughly 8‚000-2‚000 BCE. Both of these ages are sub-periods that comprise the Stone Age. Large differences between these two ages mark a great divide in the social and economic changes of prehistoric peoples. During the Paleolithic age man lived a nomadic lifestyle in small tribal or clan communities. Heavily relying
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The Neolithic period is more advanced in lifestyle and technology than the Paleolithic period. During this time‚ farming comes into place and they found important use for animals. They domesticated or “tamed” sheep‚ dogs‚ cattle‚ etc. Having these animals helped with everyday work and farming. They used the large ones for food such as cattle and goats for milk and killed them during the winter for extra food and clothing. This increase in food gave opportunity to build special skills. These skills
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A: The Neolithic era means “new stone”‚ divergent from the “old stone” of the Paleolithic era. Scientist had discovered that tool and stone production wasn’t the only thing that distinguished the Neolithic era from the Paleolithic era. The early stages of agricultural society are referred to as the Neolithic era. Over the years‚ agriculture has changed when it comes to the global climate. Although‚ there are
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* Civilization Features of civilization: * government * jobs * art/arcitecture * laws * religion * cities * WRITING (very important) * social classes * technology At this time‚ all governments are monarchies. The king usually had divine and unquestionable power until the area over which he rules starts failing. Then people rebel. The earliest writing is in pictures‚ mostly caligraphy and such. The first to develop writing is most
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one being the Stone Age. During the Stone Age there were two major subdivisions‚ the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. The Paleolithic‚ which lasted until about 10‚000 years ago‚ had a significant separating factor from the Neolithic‚ ending in 2000 B.C.E. This factor was the way in which the people in these periods acquired food. The Paleolithic people hunted and gathered their food while the Neolithic people produced their own food by agriculture. These two different styles of obtaining
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Paleolithic and Neolithic Art Drawing by Firelight (30‚000 B.C.) Cave drawings have been found dating back to 30‚000BC. This was man’s first written attempt at the art of storytelling with pictures. Many of the paintings are located in the ceilings and walls deep within the caves meaning they could only be viewed with firelight. Most of these caves have been found in France and Spain. Animals were most commonly drawn in the pictures. Early artist also painted people into the pictures. Some
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The Paleolithic Age The notion that Paleolithic man was a cave man is preposterous. They were physically the same us people today‚ we are now and were than Homo sapiens. Society than was fairly complex‚ people lived in communities‚ they had art and music‚ they also believed in more than just the physical plane of existence in which they lived‚ even made tools. The common place location of a community was in valleys in France. Primary sources of food were hunting and gathering‚ from the rich
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that is where it all started. Paleolithic Age‚ which refers to the hunting and gathering way of life‚ is 95% of the human history. 100‚000 years ago‚ Homo sapiens started using tools to manipulate their surroundings‚ and migrating and adapting to new environments. They traveled to Eurasia‚ Australia‚ Western hemisphere‚ and the Pacific islands. Then they started farming‚ which lead to an era with more technology‚ surplus‚ and time to think. The Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Revolution was an important
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Within the Paleolithic era‚ many changes occurred from cultural to biological. Several of the changes the happened in this time period‚ have remained today. At the beginning of the Paleolithic era our primate ancestors existed‚ but by the end humans in our modern form existed across the world. Homo sapiens sapiens remains have been dated to 100‚000 years ago. The emergence of art‚ the beginning of personal adornment‚ the domestication of the dog‚ and intentional burials started in this time period
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Paleolithic & Neolithic We often hear of the "Stone Age" known to as one diverse period in ancient history. We see that the Stone Age is actually made up of two distinct sub-periods called Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) and Neolithic (New Stone Age). A good way to describe the Neolithic period is by first examining how it differed from the Paleolithic period. The Neolithic Era was a time marked by important changes in the way humankind lived. The earlier Paleolithic Era was characterized by an unreliable
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