<p> 8th Grade – World History & Cultures Ms. Sweeney</p><p>Name ______Date ______</p><p>Slideshow Notes: From Old Stone Age to Neolithic Revolution</p><p>1. Humans belong to the hominid family: </p><p> e.g., Australopithecus and Homo. Only species not extinct is us!  </p><p>______, which means ______hominid characteristics = large brain, small face, and bipedalism ______</p><p>Most famous hominid discovery = ______. </p><p>How did she get her name?</p><p>2. Theories of migration:</p><p> a) Radiation theory:</p><p> b) Parallel Evolution theory:</p><p>3. Time periods: </p><p> a) Paleolithic period = </p><p>Most hominids were nomads ______</p><p>Practiced animism ______b) Neolithic period = </p><p>______= long period of time before ppl invented writing.</p><p>______= transition from nomadic life to settled farming.</p><p>Early farmers ______plants and animals, i.e. ______</p><p>______</p><p>4. Dramatic changes during the Neolithic Revolution :</p><p>• First villages established due to farming. • Work divided by gender and age. • Men began to dominate family, economic, and political life. [Has that changed today?] • Scarce food meant increased warfare. • Warrior class gained prestige and power. • Settled people accumulated more wealth resulting in differences in wealth. • New technologies = calendar, oxen to plow fields, clay pottery, weavings, etc. </p><p>5. Dating methods:</p><p>Historians rely on artifacts ( ______) to learn more about how people lived during this time because there was no written record in prehistory.</p><p> a) ______:</p><p>• Similar objects (e.g., pottery) grouped according to style • Older artifacts found at lower levels than newer ones • Use age of geologic features at site</p><p> b) ______:</p><p>• All living things contain carbon-14, a radioactive element that decays at a set rate.</p><p>• Carbon-14 levels are used to date remains of ______.</p><p> e.g., ______</p>