Ravidat‚ Jacques Marsal‚ Simon Coencas‚ and Georges Agniel‚ came upon a long forgotten cave- Lascaux. The Lascaux cave‚ now a World Heritage site‚ has been called the Lascaux bestiary. A revolution occurred in the creation of art during the Upper Paleolithic Era in Europe. Beginning around 40‚000 B.C.‚ records shows that modern humans replaced Neanderthals and remained the only hominid inhabitants across Europe. At about the same time the earliest art was created. These creative achievements fall into
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DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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Neolithic period Neolithic Period or The Early Stone Age‚ was the stage of cultural evolution and the development of new technology‚ like the use of stone tools for hunting‚ cooking‚ and making clothes. In this period the people made small groups to travel in because it was easier to travel and they had more food to share. Over the years the brain capacity grew which lead to new thoughts‚ ideas and technology. They become a lot more skilled with hunting‚ farming‚ and building. They also started
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The Early Civilizations Most people think that caveman were dumb‚ but have you ever wondered what they did to bring us here? The time of the Nomads was in the Stone Age which was in the year 3500 B.C.. The Nomads were hunters and gatherers. They made their tools and weapons for hunting from stones and sticks‚ by attaching sharp rocks to the end of sticks to make a club or an ax. Some animals that they hunted were wolves and mammoths. The gatherers collected berries‚ nuts‚ and roots to eat. The
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Paleo Diet (a name which he has trademarked)‚ the paleo diet is based upon the idea of mimicking‚ as closely as possible‚ the diets of our “pre-agricultural‚ hunter-gatherer ancestors‚” specifically as they supposedly existed during the titular Paleolithic period. Cordain‚ a professor at Colorado State University‚ claims that adhering to this diet will “help to optimize your health‚ minimize your risk of chronic disease‚ and lose weight.” The Ideological underpinnings of the diet are based on the
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Cave art also known as parietal art‚ in the Upper Paleolithic from approximately 40‚000 – 10‚000 years BP is considered a glimpse into the imagination of modern humans. It can be used as a way to record the symbolic development of early humans giving us a hint to when the behaviour started and more importantly why it was created. This essay will demonstrate the different theories on why and how cave paintings could have been used‚ why it is more prevalent in some areas such as South Western France
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Neolithic is of or relating to the cultural periods of the Stone Age beginning around 10‚000 B.C. in the Middle East and later elsewhere‚ characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone artifacts. The Neolithic Period is also called the New Stone Age. Many water pots and ceramic figures were found in the ruins of Neolithic society plots of earth. People of Neolithic times made many artifacts that were symbolic of their ways of life and culture such as water pots
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Otzi the Iceman Otzi the Iceman is one of the greatest discoveries known to date. His discovery has a major significance throughout the world‚ for his age and excellent preservation‚ the equipment found with him and the contents of his stomach. Other factors which contribute to his significance are the number of different human blood samples found on his clothing and equipment. Carbon dating indicates that Iceman is over 5300 years old with nature preserving him to unprecedented levels. He was
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We do not know how the first people learn to communicate with language. Linguists‚ who are specialists in language‚ study the matter seriously‚ but still have too little knowledge of prehistoric people. But they have not kept others from speculating on the origin of language. Defenders of the “bow wow” theory claimed that our ancestors began speaking by imitating the sounds of animals. According to them‚ humans walked out of the primordial mist and began barking like dogs‚ howling like wolves
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Think About As You Read 1. How did the first people live? 2. What started the agricultural revolution? 3. Why did the Stone Age farmers live near rivers? New Words • Archaeologists • Earth • Tools • Stone Age • Agricultural Revolution • Tame THE FIRST PEOPLE The first people did not live the way we live today. They did not grow food or live in houses. They did not read or write. In this chapter we will learn how the first people lived. Archaeologists help us learn about people
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