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Paleolithic

PALEOLITHIC AGE

  • UPPER PALEOLITHIC
    8000 BCE

    UPPER PALEOLITHIC

    The first spiritual and artistic expressions appeared. They made stone figures representing Venus, the goddess of fertility.
  • COPPER AGE
    4000 BCE

    COPPER AGE

    Copper tools and weapons were very fragile.
  • BRONZE AGE
    3000 BCE

    BRONZE AGE

    Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was more resistant. They used it to make farming tools and sophisticated weapons.
  • IRON AGE
    1000 BCE

    IRON AGE

    Iron was more abundant and resistant than the previous metals
  • LOWER PALEOLITHIC
    200 BCE

    LOWER PALEOLITHIC

    This was the longest ofthe three periods. The hominids learnt to carve ston. These tools are called bifaces.
  • MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC
    45 BCE

    MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC

    They perfected tool-making and used smaller stone chips for carving. They began using other materials, like bone, and created new utensils: knives, arrowheads, harpoons for fishing, and sewing needles