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Pre Historic History
 
75,000 - 3501 B.C.

Early man came from Africa many millions of years ago. A nomadic people they roamed from place to place in search of food, water or shelter. They have often been called "Cavemen" but in reality they lived in many types of shelter such as trees, huts or in the open. They were experts at survival and learned quickly how to use nature to protect themselves from the environment. The two most notable early members of our family were the Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon people (a name we gave them). The three periods of early man are Stone Age, Bronze Age  and Iron Age. They received their names from the tools humans developed and used. Each age was an improvement over the previous age and humans developed new ways of hunting, thinking and growing crops. Eventually they settled into villages and began to develop new technologies and more elaborate cultures. The period ended when humans developed the ability to read and write. Timeline
Stone Age
The period of time in human development characterized by the use of stones as their principle technology.
Old Stone Age-Paleolithic-Of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning with the earliest chipped stone tools, about 750,000 years ago, until the beginning of the Mesolithic Period, about 15,000 years ago. Source: Answers.com
Ancient History/Paleolithic Age - Wikibooks, collection of open
Everything we know today about prehistory, including the Paleolithic age, is as a result of ... Other types of tools show up in the late Paleolithic age.
Old Stone Age
Shannon McPherron (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) and Harold Dibble (University of Pennsylvania) report on research at several sites in Europe.
Paleolithic
A description and information on this time in human history.
[PPT] Paleolithic Old Stone Age
Power Point presentation on the Stone Age
The Paleolithic Age Web Links
The Paleolithic Age: 10000 - 5000 BC. Paleolithic Art Home Page
Stone Tools
From that point on, for more than a million years, humans have slowly refined the art of making stone tools, from early choppers to razor-fine blades of ...
Stone Tools and Archeology
This web sites intended purpose is to provide various information concerning Stone Tools, archeology and the Archeological Society of Virginia(ASV).
Stone Tools Typology
Classification of Stone Tools
Stone Tools-Wikipedia
Informational site
Stone Age - Wikipedia,
The Old Stone Age period runs from about 2 million years ago to the end of the Pleistocene, 10000 years ago. For areas with an early neolithisation, ...
Stone Age or Paleolithic Age
The Stone Age (known to scholars as the Paleolithic era) in human prehistory, is the name given to the period between about 1.5 million years ago up until ...
Stone Age Habitats
A discussion of early human homes.
Stone Age Reference Collection
SARC is a reference program containing information about the TYPOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY, RAW MATERIALS and   STUDY METHODS of the Stone Age.
Middle Stone Age-Mesolithic Of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods, marked by the appearance of microlithic tools and weapons and by changes in the nature of settlements. Source The Free Dictionary
Microlithic Tools: A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the European Mesolithic Period. microlithic mi'cro·lith'ic (-lĭth'ĭk) adj. ... Source: Answers.com
Mesolithic Age from 8500 BC to 4000 BC
Mesolithic Age nomadic hunter-gatherers living in small groups along rivers we have examples of a hunter-gatherers encampment with reconstructed wood and
Mesolithic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Information on the Middle Stone Age
New Stone Age-Neolithic-Of or relating to the cultural period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 B.C. in the Middle East and later elsewhere, characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone implements. Source: Answers.com
Neolithic Age (10000 - 4000 years ago)
Neolithic Age. (8th or 7th millenium BC - 18th/16th century BC). The development of pottery in China began with the pottery of two Neolithic cultures
Neolithic Age
Neolithic period of Asia Minor. The civilization begins in Anatolia.
The Neolithic Age Web Links
Links to sites that deal with the New Stone Age
Neolithic Period
Information on the New Stone Age
Neolithic - Wikipedia
Information on the New Stone Age
Bronze Age-A period of human culture between the Stone Age and the Iron Age, characterized by the use of weapons and implements made of bronze. Source: Answers.com
AllRefer.com - Bronze Age (Human Evolution) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on Bronze Age, Human Evolution. Includes related research links.
ARCHAEO - BRONZE AGE
Limited amount of information
THE BRONZE AGE
Limited amount of information
Bronze Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Information on this period
Bronze Age Links
Informational links
Chapter 4: The Bronze Age
The Bronze Age marks the time at which smiths became metallurgists, ... Bronze Age smiths were often buried with the tools of their trade: hammers, ...
Iron Age-The period in cultural development succeeding the Bronze Age in Asia, Europe, and Africa, characterized by the introduction of iron metallurgy. In Europe it began around the eighth century B.C. Source: Answer.com
THE IRON AGE
Limited amount of information
Iron Age from 750 BC to 500 AD at Archaeolink, Prehistory Park ...
Limited amount of information
Iron Age - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Limited amount of information
Iron Age - Wikipedia
Information on this period.
Resources
Below are sites that cover early human's development, environment and interaction.
 
Anthropology Class-Anthropology
Archeology Class-Archeology
Bioscience-Biosciences
Archaeology website links
Links to related sites
Early Humans: Projects & Internet Resources
Stone Age Habitats WJ Kowalski, Graduate Student
Research Project, ... and a "who's who of early man" with
links to other relevant sites including Mr Donn'
Evolution: investigating human evolution; Origins of Modern Humans
Origins of Modern Humans: Multiregional or Out of Africa?
By Donald Johanson
Hominid Evolution from Australopithecus to
Cro-Magnon

A definitive survey of the the current state of knowledge regarding Human origins, with bibliography.
Human Prehistory
Information, photographs and discussions on
Prehistoric Humans and the scientists who study them.
List of archaeological sites sorted by
continent and age
...

Informational links
Neanderthal Heaven
Information on Neanderthal Humans.
Painted Caves
Visit the ancient caves of Chauvet-Pont-D-Arc
Paleontology in the Yahoo! Directory
Links to related sites
Prehistory in the Virtual Classroom
Information on prehistoric human development
around the Earth.
Prehistoric.org.uk - Links
Links to English Prehistoric websites
The Prehistoric Web Index
Link site
Reflections on Prehistory
Copyright 1996 by James Q. Jacobs
 ...essays, written in 1995, are the assignment
products of ... first archaeology class.  Essays on Prehistoric Human development.
Yahoo on the Evolution of Man
Links to sites that deal with Evolution.
Australopithecus afarensis:
Our most ancient ancestior is Australopithecus afarensis. They lived roughly 4 - 2.75 million years ago. Source: Australopithecus Species
Australopithecus
Australopithecines, genus Australopithecus are on the ancestral line leading to humanity and thus a
non-human ancestor.
Australopithecus-Wikipedia
Informational site
Hominid Species
Each name consists of a genus name (e.g. Australopithecus, Homo) which is always ... Australopithecus afarensis and africanus, and the other species above, ...
Human Ancestors Hall...
The Transvaal region of South Africa was the home
to the species Australopithecus africanus, which lived
 3.3 to 2.5 million years ago. ...

Long Foreground-Species Timeline
Excavation, characteristics, and classification.
Hominid Evolution: from Australopithecus to Cro-Magnon
A definitive survey of the the current state of knowledge regarding Human origins, with bibliography.
Neanderthals
The Neanderthal or Neandertal was
a species of genus Homo (Homo neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about
230,000 to 29,000 years ago (the Middle Palaeolithic and Lower Paleolithic, in the Pleistocene epoch). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthals
Comparing Neanderthals and modern humans
A comparison of modern man and the Neanderthals
...
Human Ancestors Hall: Homo
neanderthalensis

While it was later realized that several Neanderthal
sites had previously been ... However, Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) are very similar ...
Neanderthals: Cyber Perspective
Named after the valley in which he was discovered
(Neander Tal), this hominid would send anthropologists
mad for over 100 years.
Nova-Neanderthals on Trial
Website is companion to NOVA documentary which explores the ancestral roots of humans.
Neanderthals-Wikipedia
Informational site
Cro-Magnum
An early form of modern human (Homo sapiens) inhabiting Europe in the
 late Paleolithic Period and characterized by a broad face and tall stature. It is known from skeletal remains first found in the Cro-Magnon cave in southern France. Source InfoPlease
Answers.com-Cro-Magnum
The term falls outside the usual naming conventions for
 early humans and is used in a ... Cro-Magnon
(form of modern human), Cro-Magnum b/w Fulcrum 12 ...
Cro-Magnum Caves
After spending a day with Homo Erectus we moved
several thousands of years in time and decided to
pay a visit to the Cro Magnons, who lived about 40000 ...
Cro-Magnum Development
The first hominids (human-like primates) did not
appear until 3.6 million years ago. ... Human-like
hominids first appeared about 3 million years ago! ...
Human Ancestors Hall-Cro-Magnmum
While the Cro-Magnon remains are representative
of the earliest anatomically ... The skull of Cro-Magnon
1 does, however, show the traits that are unique to ...
Cro-Magnmu-Wikipedia
Informational site
 
 

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