led n The invention of tools, the mastery of fire and the development of language and farming are some of humankind’s most important achievements. These advances took place during the prehistoric period known as the Stone Age. Period Dates Characteristics of period Paleolithic Age 2.5 million homo period – • (Old Stone Age) 8000 BC hunters and gatherers • used simple stone tools with sharp edges • to cut and chop Mesolithic Age 10,000 6000 BC developed needles, thread, harpoons, and – • (Middle Stone Age) spear throwers began to control fire and develop • language specialize in hunting particular animals • gatherers used grindstones to prepare the • food they gathered Neolithic Age 8000 3000 BC only homo sapiens during this time – • (New Stone Age) • •
led n The invention of tools, the mastery of fire and the development of language and farming are some of humankind’s most important achievements. These advances took place during the prehistoric period known as the Stone Age. Period Dates Characteristics of period Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) 2.5 million – 8000 BC • homo period • hunters and gatherers • used simple stone tools with sharp edges to cut and chop Mesolithic Age (Middle Stone Age) 10,000 – 6000 BC • developed needles, thread, harpoons, and spear throwers • began to control fire and develop language • specialize in hunting particular animals • gatherers used grindstones to prepare the food they gathered Neolithic Age (New Stone Age) 8000 – 3000 BC • only homo sapiens during this time • •
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