1. The document discusses early human life from prehistory to the rise of civilizations. It describes key findings that helped scientists understand early humans, such as discoveries by Louis and Mary Leakey and Donald Johanson. 2. During the Paleolithic Age, nomadic humans lived in small hunter-gatherer groups and developed simple stone tools. The Neolithic Revolution led to the rise of agriculture and more permanent settlements. 3. The first civilizations emerged with organized governments, religion, job specializations and other complex social structures, such as Catal Huyuk in ancient Turkey.

1. Prehistory to the Rise of Civilizations

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6. Early Human Life

9. Mary and Louis Leakey

11. Donald Johanson and “Lucy”

15. Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

17. Tools The word technology refers to the ability of human beings to make things that sustain them and give them some control over their environment. The technology available at the beginning of human history was quite simple. It consisted primarily of the ability to make stone tools.

18. Paleolithic Stone and Bone Tools

20. Paleolithic Tribe

21. Neolithic Revolution (New Stone Age)

23. Neolithic early villages

25. Growth of Civilizations

28. Catal Huyuk

29. Representation of a Catal Huyuk Shrine room

30. Representations of the inside of a house in Catal Huyuk