Transcript Paleolithic vs Neolithic Notes

Paleolithic vs. Neolithic
B.C. vs. Flintstones
What do we remember about the
Flintstones?
Questions to think about?
• Where did they live?
• How did they survive?
• What was family life like?
• What tools did they have?
The Leakey’s- archeologists
• In 1970 – They discovered oldest human
remains in East Africa
• Named it “Lucy”
Paleolithic Era
• lasted 2.5 million years to
8000 BC
• Otherwise known as the
“Old Stone age”
• Cave paintings
• Hunters and gatherers 
nomadic ( never stayed in
one place (followed herd)
Science and Technology
stone tools, use of rocks,
teeth
Neolithic Revolution
• “Neo” means new
– New Stone Age
• People learn to farm 
What does this mean?
– No longer have to follow herd
– Can stay in one place and
live –establishment of
villages (permanent homes)
– Domestication of Animals 
people learn to raise animals
and keep them as a food
source (pigs, chickens, cows)
Neolithic Continued
• New tools make farming easier and life
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Use of Bronze
Plates
Bowls
Ox drawn
– Development of agriculture
– Food surpluses
– * This period is also sometimes called the
Agricultural Revolution
Slash and Burn Agriculture
• People would slash and burn areas to
clear land for farming  used by early
humans
Characteristics of a Civilization
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Job Specialization
Record Keeping
Government
Technology
So What does it all MEAN?
• ***People stopped chasing food and
started living in permanent settlements 
growth of villages, towns, cities***
• Leisure time will lead to advancements in
record keeping and technology
Monument begun in the Neolithic age and finished in the Bronze Age
Located on the Salisbury Plain in England
What it may have looked like at completion
Found in Anatolia (Modern Day Turkey)
Its walls enclosed 32 acres and up to 6,000 people.
Grew many different crops and developed artisans and trade.
Found in ancient Palestine near the Dead sea.
It was in existence by 8000 B.C.