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PREHISTORY
1.1 Definition
Prehistory is a long period of time from the first human beings until the discovery of the
written word.
1.2 Two prehistoric ages.
a) STONE AGE which is divided into....
* Palaeolithis Age = Old Stone
* Neolithic = New Stone
b) METAL AGE which is divided into
* Copper Age
* Bronze Age
* Iron Age
2. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF HUMAN BEINGS
2.1 Hominids = Upper primates & descendants including human beings.
2.2 Hominisation = Process of evolution: developed brain allowed
a) think and language
b) make tools and utensils.
2.3 Principal Hominids
a) Australopithecus
* Characteristics
* Tools
b) Homo habilis
* Characteristics
* Tools
c) Home erectus
* Characteristics
* Tools
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c) Homo antecessor
* Characteristics
* Tools
d) Homo Heidelbergensis
*Characteristics
*Tools
e) Homo Neanderthalensis ( Sapiens Neanderthalensis)
*Characteristics
*Tools
f) Homo Sapiens (Sapiens Sapiens)
*Characteristics
*Tools
3. LIFE IN THE PALAEOLITHIC AGE
3.1 Economy & society
a) Climate
b) Eating
c) Living
d) Society
e) Beliefs
3.2 Skills
a) Working with stone
* first hominid used sticks & stones
* made tools)))) one stone hitting another
* stone chips as knives
b) Fire
* light
* heat
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c) Animal hides to make
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3.3 Art
a) Earliest expression of art ----------- cave paintings
b) several theories
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c) important cave paintings