The Paleolithic Period

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Look at the pictures which show how Paleolithic tools evolved. Do you think their evolution shows a parallel evolution in human intelligence? Explain your answer here.

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Show the expansion of the homo species by dragging the names onto the map.

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Think about how long the Paleolithic Period lasted. Do you think technology is advancing faster or more slowly as time passes?

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Look at the objects in the picture as you listen to the audio. Write what each object is and which period it is from.

1. It's a from the Period.

2. It's a from the Period.

3. It's a from the Period.

4. It's a from the Period.

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Tools

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Find out more about one of the sites areas on the map in detail or choose a site near to where you live. If tools were found there which period were they from? Have any hominid remains been found there? Which species? Write what you find out.

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Fill in the blank spaces about the benefits of fire to Paleolithic man and woman.

Fire was to Paleolithic humans. It helped them in many . They could challenge other , cook, see in the with the that fire provides and build fires to keep .

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Look at the illustration.

Listen and identify the activities described and the tools used.

a) A woman is using a needle to sew and sewing a hide.

b) There is a boy making fire by rubbing two sticks together.

c) In order to fish, a man is using a harpoon.

d) A woman is cleaning a hide with a scraper.

Activities of a clan

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The groups of Paleolithic humans who didn't learn to make fire were smaller in number than those who did. Why do you think that was?

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Write some reasons for the high mortality rate for Paleolithic humans.

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What did the clans or tribes do when there was no fruit left to collect or animals to hunt?

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How did the coordination needed to hunt contribute to the development of language?

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Look at the Paleolithic Venuses on this page and answer the questions. What are they made of?

How is a figurine different to the carving? Which requires more time to make? The figurine

The engraving

Why are these artefacts related to fertility?

Venus de Willendorf (left) and the engraving Venus of Laussel

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Look at the picture. Write how you think cave paintings were made.

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Look at the video http://inicia.oupe.es_ht1ebi0102 of the Altamira and Valltorta paintings and the picture on this page. a) Where are they?

b) What does each painting show?

c) Which style is each painted in?

d) Why do you think they painted animals and hunting scenes?

Bison from the Altamira and deer from the Cova dels Cavalls caves

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Write the answers.
a) Why do we think the neanderthals held religious beliefs?

b) Why did Prehistoric human beings practise magic rituals?

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Which object(s) would a man or a woman at that time use to:

a) show authority

b) bring back the herds which had migrated

c) have more children

d) feel more attractive

e) make the spirits of their ancestors protect them

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