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The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (/ ˌ p eɪ l i oʊ ˈ l ɪ θ ɪ k, ˌ p æ l i-/ PAY-lee-oh-LITH-ik, PAL-ee-), also called the Old Stone Age (from Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós) 'old', and λίθος (líthos) 'stone'), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tools, and which ...
Venus of Willendorf. Also spelled: Palaeolithic Period. Also called: Old Stone Age. Context: Stone Age. Top Questions. What is the Paleolithic Period? When did the Paleolithic Period begin? When did the Paleolithic Period end? Did more than one species achieve a Paleolithic level of development?
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- What is the Paleolithic Period?The Paleolithic Period is an ancient cultural stage of human technological development, characterized by the creation and use of rudimentary chippe...
- When did the Paleolithic Period begin?The onset of the Paleolithic Period has traditionally coincided with the first evidence of tool construction and use by Homo some 2.58 million year...
- When did the Paleolithic Period end?The Paleolithic Period ended when the Neolithic Period began. However, this transition point is much debated, as different parts of the world achie...
- Did more than one species achieve a Paleolithic level of development?At least three species within the genus Homo achieved a Paleolithic level of development. There is a great deal of evidence that the species H. ere...
Sep 29, 2017 · The Palaeolithic ('Old Stone Age ') makes up the earliest chunk of the Stone Age – the large swathe of time during which hominins used stone to make tools – and ranges from the first known tool use roughly 2,6 million years ago to the end of the last Ice Age c. 12,000 years ago, with part of its stone tool culture continuing up until c ...
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Paleolithic literally means “Old Stone [Age],” but the Paleolithic era more generally refers to a time in human history when foraging, hunting, and fishing were the primary means of obtaining food. Humans had yet to experiment with domesticating animals and growing plants.
- So what is the difference between Homo sapiens and Hominidae?Hominidae is a taxonomic family commonly referred to as great apes, which Homo sapiens is one existent species of.
- "For example, some archaeological evidence suggests that Middle Paleolithic cultures in Eurasia spli...I think, David, that you've interpreted the sentence to be about 'fairness', but that's not what the paragraph is actually about. "Fairly equally b...
- Homo sapiens developed language about 50,000 years ago, but has been anatomically similar over the l...We don't actually know when language first originated. "Around 50,000 years ago" is a popular theory because around that time innovations show up i...
- Why might covering a corpse with flowers indicate a belief "in something beyond death and a deep sen...You do realise that some of the things we do today even unconsciously are things that have been carried along from the past even though we've lost...
- How did early humans take control of there enviromentEarly humans probably responded to their environment more than they took control of it. Even modern humans have trouble "taking control" of our env...
- why did the paleolithics not split up labor between girls and boys?Recent studies have suggested that Paleolithic men and women often had equal influence within their groups. This equal status is thought to have be...
- I think that the culture of the Paleolithic people resemble modern human cultures in many ways. For ...I agree with you 100%. The Paleolithic people are basically us humans right now. Like you said, we are very tied to our traditions, religions, and...
- Why do the san tribes still act like hunter-gatherers or prehistoric people today?It works for them. As is often said, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
- I find it funny how all of this is based off of theories, but scientists always state it as fact.Which theories do YOU, Shark_Lady, assert as fact? I'm asking about things like gravity, the transmission of light, and stuff like that.
This map shows (a selection of) Palaeolithic sites across a very wide time span as well as geographical range, connected in one way or another with the genus of Homo, including Neanderthals and Denisovans. Cave icons mark caves or rock shelter sites, whereas the three-dots icon refers to open-air sites... as far as we can tell. View Fullscreen.
This map shows (a selection of) Palaeolithic sites across a very wide time span as well as geographical range, connected in one way or another with the genus of Homo.
Paleolithic Period, or Old Stone Age, Ancient technological or cultural stage characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. During the Lower Paleolithic (c. 2,500,000–200,000 years ago), simple pebble tools and crude stone
