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    COMPARATIVE CHART

    PALAEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC BRONZE AGE IRON AGE


    MESOLITHIC
    DATES (you can mention more •800,000 BC – 10,500 BC
    than one if you find differences in (Palaeolithic)
    the book) •10,500/10,000–4000 B.C.
    (Mesolithic)

    NAME OF THE •Homo heidelbergensis


    PEOPLES •Homo neanderthalensis

    •Homo sapiens

    ECONOMY •Hunting and gathering

    •Scavenging meat
    (Palaeolithic)

    •Hunting and fishing


    (Mesolithic)

    SOCIAL ASPECTS •Group-wide cooperation


    hunters

    •Some evidence has


    suggests some
    Neanderthals may have
    been cannibals on
    occasions

    TOMBS/MONUMENTS •Paviland Cave (Goat’s


    Hole), Gower Peninsula -
    oldest ceremonial burial
    site-

    •AtHowick, in
    Northumberland a circular
    building -The Howick
    house-

    •StarCarr in Yorkshire -
    archaeological site-

    Some important •Cold adapted body: tall


    and strongly built - (H.
    aspects you want to
    heidelbergensis)
    highlight (at least mention
    one for each period) Shorter, more muscular and
    robust - (H.
    neanderthalensis)
    •Use of stone tools

    •Ability to hunt

    •Neanderthals were able to


    control fire for warmth,
    cooking and protection

    References:

    Dorey, F. (2019, April 5). Homo heidelbergensis. Australian Museum. https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-

    heidelbergensis/

    Dorey, F. (2020, December 3). Homo neanderthalensis – The Neanderthals. Australian Museum.

    https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-neanderthalensis/

    Peters, E. , Mayne, . Richard J. , Frassetto, . Michael , Treasure, . Geoffrey Russell Richards , Herlihy, . David , Champion, . Timothy C. ,

    Salmon, . John Hearsey McMillan , Weinstein, . Donald , Parker, . N. Geoffrey , Sørensen, . Marie-Louise Stig , Herrin, . Judith
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    Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe

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    resource_prehistoric-britain-KS2.pdf

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