Chapter One: The Beginnings of Human Society

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Chapter One The Beginnings of Human Society
Chapter 1.2 Prehistory
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Objectives
Discover how hunter-gatherers lived during the
Stone Age.Learn about the beginning of farming.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Stone Age A period of time during which people
made tools and weapons from stone.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Three Periods of the Stone AgeOld Stone Age
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Three Periods of the Stone AgeOld Stone Age
Middle Stone Age
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Three Periods of the Stone AgeOld Stone Age
Middle Stone AgeStone Age
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Hominid - A modern human or a member of an
earlier group that may have included ancestors or
relatives of modern humans.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
HominidDid not know how to farm.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
HominidDid not know how to farm.They were
hunter gathers.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Facts on HominidsDid not know how to
farm.They were hunter gathers.First used
fire 1.4 million to 500,000 years ago.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
Nomads A person who has no settled home.
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
WhenAt least 500,00 yrs. Ago
EventEarly hominids living in Asia Europe
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
EventEarly hominids living in Asia
EuropeModern humans in Africa
WhenAt least 500,00 yrs. AgoMore than
100,000 yrs. Ago
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Stone Age Hunting and Gathering
WhenAt least 500,00 yrs. AgoMore than 100,000
yrs. AgoAbout 30,000 yrs. Ago
EventEarly hominids living in Asia
EuropeModern humans in AfricaHumans cross
Asia to North America
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The Beginning of Farming
11,000 years ago people learned to grow their own
food.This started the New Stone Age.
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The Beginning of Farming
11,000 years ago people learned to grow their own
food.This was the beginning of the New Stone
Age.
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The Beginning of Farming
Domesticate To tame and raise animals for human
use.