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The Stone AgeThe Stone Age
What do we know?
The origin of human beings
Which of these hominids used tools?
Which of these hominids knew about fire?
The Palaeolithic Age
Where are the people in these images?
What activities are the Palaeolithic people in these images doing?
Palaeolithic skills
What are the people in each image doing?
Why was each of these skills important?
Palaeolithic art
What type of art can you see in these images?
Why do you think Palaeolithic people produced these works of art?
The Neolithic revolution
Where are the people in these images?
What activities are the Neolithic people in these images doing?
The Neolithic economy
What crops grew in Europe and the Middle East in the Neolithic Age?
Why did new plant species appear in the Neolithic Age?
Neolithic society
Why did Neolithic people become sedentary?
Describe the Neolithic dwelling shown in the image.
Neolithic skills
What are the people in each image doing?
Why was each of these skills important?
The Stone Age in Spain
Which parts of Spain have Neolithic sites?
In which of these sites have Cardial pots been found?
What have we learned?
Some of the principalhominids
Some of the principalhominids
Homo habilis: small brain; they made simple tools
Homo erectus: knew about fire, wore animal hides and made bifaces
Homo antecessor: common ancestor of Neanderthal and sapiens
Homo neanderthalensis: made tools, knew about fire and buried their dead
Life in thePalaeolithic Age
PrehistoryPrehistory
It begins with the appearance of the first human beings and ends with the discovery of the written word
There are two stages: Stone Age and Metal Age
Humans were predators (hunting, fishing) and gatherers. They were nomads
They lived in groups. They were able to make fire
They did cave painting and made little statues of women (Venus)
Homo sapiens sapiens: human beings of today
What have we learned?
The NeolithicRevolutionThe NeolithicRevolution
They were producers: they practised agriculture and kept livestock
People were sedentary and lived in permanent settlements
There was a division of labour. They made polished stone tools
The Stone Age in Spain
During the Palaeolithic Age, humans lived from hunting, fishing and gathering
They believed in spirits and carried out religious rites
In the Neolithic Age, they grew plants and kept goats and sheep