Stone Age - Wandering and Settled Life

1. The
STONE Age
Created By : Ranjulata Sahoo

2. What did we learn so far….
Hominins
Homo
habilis
Homo
erectus
Homo
sapiens
Small
people
First to make
and use stone
tools
Upright
man Stone tools
were better
made
Lived on earth
about a million
years
Thinking man
/ Human being
Learnt to use
many different
tools & weapons
Early human being
learnt two important
things from Hominins.
How to hunt
for food using
tools
Use of fire
(cooking &
safety)

3. What did we learn so far….
Stone Age
(Wandering life)
Sources
Skills
Tools
Tools, bones,
caves, cave
paintings
Hunting &
Gathering
Neolithic
Age
Phases of
Stone Age
Made of
stones
Used for hunting,
fishing, digging,
cutting meat
Men- Hunting for food,
Women- taking care of
children & gathering seeds,
roots & vegetables .
Hunter-
gatherer
Paleolithic
Age
Mesolithic
Age
Animals hunted-
buffalo, deer,
elephant, giraffe

4. What did we learn so far….
Stone Age (Settled
life)
Sources
Beginning of
Farming was a
big discovery
Tools, circular
shaped huts,
grinding
stones, clay
pots
Metal
Age
Metals
discovered
Started in
West Asia,
about 12000
yrs ago
Hunter-gatherers
changed to
farmer
Copper
(Copper Age
/ Chalcolithic Tin
Farming
changed
people’s life
Copper
+ Tin =
Bronze
• Life became settled.
• Small villages grew.
• Animals were
domesticated
• Food of people changed.
• Trading started.
• Population grew.
Bronze
became
commonly
used metal
(Bronze age)
Much
Later Iron
was
discovered
.
Herding
Wandering
Herders
Sheep, goats,
cattle were
domesticated

5. Please revise!