PREHISTORY

PREHISTORY

1. WHAT IS PREHISTORY?

   • Prehistory extends from emergence of our first ancestors, about five million years ago, to the invention of writting, about 5.000 years ago. There were no written texts during this period.
     • IS DIVIDED IN 3 PERIODS:
       • PALAEOLITHIC
         • 11.000 ago. Human beings lived from hunting and gathering
       • NEOLITHIC
         • 11.OOO years ago. Groups of human beings started to live in villages. They practised agriculture and raised cattle.
       • METAL
         • 7.000 years ago. Human beings learned to use metals to make objects

2. WHAT WERE EARLY HUMAN BEINGS LIKE?

   • HOMO HABILIS
     • These appeared 2.000.ooo years ago. Their brain was bigger. Their name `habilis´ means skilful. They made stone tools and lived from hunting and gathering.
   • AUSTRALOPITHECUS
     • These appeared about 5.000.000 years ago. They were very similar to chimpanzees. However, the Australopithecus normally walked on two feet.
   • HOMO ERECTUS
     • These appeared 1.500.ooo years ago. They walked upright. This was the first species to live outside Africa. They lived in Europe and Asia. They discoverd fire
   • THE FIRST EUROPEANS
     • · The oldest human remains in Europe appeared in Atapuerca, Spain. They are 800.000 years old and their name is Homo antecessor.
     • · Neanderthals were a different species who lived in Europe 150.000 years ago. They were the first species to bury their dead. It seems they were able to speak.
   • HOMO SAPIENS
     • They started 130.000 years ago. They developed a more complex lenguaje and they strated to do art.

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