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History

• Story of humans in the past
• Historians are people who study and write about
  the past
• History starts at 5500 years ago
• Not exactly the truth
• Pre-history-before people wrote

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Archeologists

• Hunt for evidence buried in the ground
• Study Artifacts
• Weapons
• Tools
• Things humans used

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Anthropologists

• Focus on society
• How humans related to each other

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Stone Age

• Early part of human history
• Used stone to make tools and weapons

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Paleolithic

• Old Stone Age-2.5 Million Years ago to 8000 BC
• Nomads-people on the move
• Looking for food
• Typically around 30 people per group

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Jobs

• Women stay home and look for berries and watch
  kids
• Men hunt-use clubs to drive off cliffs

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Shelter

• Warm climateno shelter
• Cold climate live in caves, wear animal skins
• Firecook meatmake food taste better
• Long periods of cold10,000 BC- 8,000 BC

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