Cultural Evolution

of Man
LESSON 2
 Look around you.

Could you identify tools that are available to you at the moment?

What are these tools?

What are they used for?

How did you classify them as tools?

Cultural evolution
 learned behavior passed on from one
generation to another
primitive human species shifted from the use
of stone tools to the use of metal tools
early humans learned new skills that enabled
them to come up with ways that made life
easier
Does cultural evolution still
occur even at present?
IMPORTANT PERIODS OF HISTORY THAT SHAPED
CULTURE

 PALEOLITHIC PERIOD

MESOLITHIC PERIOD

NEOLITHIC PERIOD
PERFORMANCE TASK:
CULTURAL EVOLUTION
Search for online journals or articles that detail
primitive tools that were used and developed by
man. Create a timeline detailing significant
events in the cultural evolutionary process. You
could choose to work in pairs or in groups of
three.