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250,000 BCE
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC
This was the longest of the three periods. The hominiods learnt to carve stone. These tools are called bifaces. -
45,000 BCE
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC
They perfected tool-making and used smaller stone chips for carving. They began using other materials, like bone, and created new utensils: nives, arrowheads, harpoons for fishing, and sewing needles -
8000 BCE
UPPER PALAEOLITHIC
The first spiritual and artistic expressions appeared.They made stones figures representing Venus the goddess of fertility -
4000 BCE
COPPER AGE
Copper tools and weapons were very fragile -
3000 BCE
BRONZE AGE
Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was more resistant. They used it to make farming tools and sophisticated weapons -
1000 BCE
IRON AGE
Iron was more abundant and resistant than the previous metals
