Paleolithic Era versus Neolithic Era chart



Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras

|Categories |Paleolithic Era |Neolithic Era |

| |2.5 million years ago until 8,000 BC |8,000 BC-4,000 BC |

|What is the time frame? | | |

| |Hunter-Gatherers |Domesticated, or tamed, animals to use for food and clothing |

| |Animals, fish, insects, nuts, berries, plants |Farming revolution |

|Food |They had to follow their food, so they were always on the move |Ate grains & vegetables (wheat, barley, rice, soybeans, millet) |

|What did they eat & how | | |

|did they get it? | | |

| |Spears, clubs, traps and bows & arrows to kill/trap food |Used metals, such as copper and bronze, to create tools such as |

| |Used fire to cook and provide warmth |sickle for cutting grain |

| |First to use technology-tools and methods to help humans perform |Specialization: development of different jobs because people had |

|Tools |tasks |more time to create |

|Describe the types of |Example of technology: Flint, a hard stone, used to axes and spears | |

|tools they used and how |Over time, they made tools such as fishhooks and needles from animal | |

|they used the tools. |bone | |

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| |Cave paintings |Pottery from clay |

| |Used rocks to make paint |Plant fibers for mats and clothing |

|Arts & Crafts | |Carved objects out of wood |

|What type of art did | |Built shelters and tombs |

|they create & how did | | |

|they create it? | | |

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| |Nomads: they regularly moved from place to place |Began settling in villages such as Jericho and Catal Huyuk |

| |Followed the food |Homes were made of mud/brick and decorated with wall paintings |

|Daily Life |Survival was difficult |Steady food supply meant healthier, growing population |

|Where did they live? | | |

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