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# Prehistory ## Early Man **Paleolithic Era** * **Homo sapiens:** Scientific name for humans. * **100,000 - 400,000 years ago:** Emerged in East Africa. * **Moved to Asia, Europe, Australia, & Americas:** Early humans were nomadic. * **Survival depended on plants and animals:** Were hunter-gathe...

# Prehistory ## Early Man **Paleolithic Era** * **Homo sapiens:** Scientific name for humans. * **100,000 - 400,000 years ago:** Emerged in East Africa. * **Moved to Asia, Europe, Australia, & Americas:** Early humans were nomadic. * **Survival depended on plants and animals:** Were hunter-gatherers. * **Invented simple stone tools:** For hunting and survival. * **Learned to make fire:** Provided warmth and cooking. * **Developed oral language:** Allowed for communication and storytelling. * **Created cave art:** Artistic expression. **Neolithic Era** * **Developed agriculture:** Domesticated plants. * **Domesticated animals:** Used animals for labor and food. * **Used advanced stone tools:** More complex tools. * **Made pottery:** For storage and cooking. * **Developed weaving skills:** For clothing and other crafts. ## Archaeology * **Archaeologists study past cultures:** By analyzing human remains, fossils, artifacts. * **Carbon dating:** A method to determine the age of fossils. * **Stonehenge:** An archaeological site in England, built during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. * **Aleppo and Jericho:** Examples of early cities in the Fertile Crescent. * **Catalhoyuk:** Neolithic settlement in Anatolia, currently being excavated.