PREHISTORY

1. The First Human
Populations
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2. Prehistory
Prehistory is the first
major period of
humanity.
It lasted millions of
years.
It begins with the first
human beings and ends
with the invention of
writing.
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3. The 3 most important
periods
At first, during the
Paleolithic period, the
first human beings
were hunter gatherers
and nomads.
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4. Hunter-Gatherers
The first human beings appeared
more than 2 million years ago.
Their most important activity was
finding food.
They fed themselves by hunting,
fishing and gathering fruits and
wild plants.
They learned how to make tools
using stones, bones and animal
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5. Neolithic period
Men and women learned how
to farm the land and
domesticate animals.
This was the beginning of
agriculture and livestock.
The first things grown were
cereals (wheat, barley and
rye).
The dog was the first domestic
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6. The Metal Age
At the end of prehistory
humans learned to make
tools from metal. This last
period is known as The
Age of Metals.
The first metal used was
copper. Later on they used
bronze and iron.
They heated the metals to
very high temperatures to
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