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Stone Age SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Art p.28
▸ ▸ Buildings p.48
The Stone Age was a period of time that began about ▸ ▸ Caves p.55
3.3 million years ago and lasted until about 4,000 years ▸ ▸ Early humans
ago. In the Stone Age, people made tools out of stone for p.82

the first time. They used them to cut meat and plants, to ▸ ▸ Farming p.98
build shelters, and, in the late Stone Age, for farming. ▸ ▸ Food p.106

Stone tools Finding food
Stone Age people began Finding food was the most
making stone tools to do important part of life for
different tasks. Using tools people in the Stone Age.
meant people could get They ate wild plants, and Blueberries
food or do work more animals from land and sea.
quickly and easily. Bison
Hunting for big
animals, such as
bison, could be
dangerous.
A stone axe helped Salmon
to chop wood and
dig into dirt.

People made handaxes
to help them cut meat
and chop hard plants.

Cave painting Buildings
Some Stone Age people The first Stone Age
made beautiful artwork on buildings were made
cave walls, often showing the of wood and animal
animals they would hunt. These skins. By the end of
paintings are still being found today. the Stone Age, people
had begun building
large stone structures
called megaliths.

Paint could
be made from Stonehenge in England
powdered fats is a famous Stone Age
and minerals.
megalith that is still
standing today.

Lascaux cave paintings in France

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