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Bookmark or Share- Homo sapiens - The Smithsonian's Human Origins ProgramHow They Survived: Prehistoric Homo sapiens not only made and used stone tools, they also specialized them and made a variety of smaller, more complex, refined and specialized tools including composite stone tools, fishhooks and harpoons, bows and arrows, spear throwers and sewing needles.. For millions of years all humans, early and modern alike, had to find their own food.
- Prehistory: time periods, art and characteristicsPrehistoric art Rock art was the first type of art. Prehistoric art represented one of the earliest ways to communicate, alongside gestures and sounds made by primitive humans.It served as a medium to narrate customs and impart acquired knowledge to subsequent generations, in an era when writing did not yet exist.
- Prehistory - WikipediaPrehistory, also called pre-literary history, [1] is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems.The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared c. 5,200 years ago.
- Timeline of prehistory - WikipediaThis timeline of prehistory covers the time from the appearance of Homo sapiens approximately 315,000 years ago in Africa to the invention of writing, over 5,000 years ago, with the earliest records going back to 3,200 BC. Prehistory covers the time from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to the beginning of ancient history.. All dates are approximate and subject to revision based on new ...
- Stone Age | Definition, Tools, Periods, Peoples, Art, & Facts - BritannicaStone Age, prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools.The Stone Age, whose origin coincides with the discovery of the oldest known stone tools, which have been dated to some 3.3 million years ago, is usually divided into three separate periods—Paleolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, and Neolithic Period—based on the degree ...
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