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Spent every day finding food to stay alive; ate birds' eggs, berries, mushrooms, and rabbits (or really anything that seemed edible)
Hunter-Gatherers
Before written records
Prehistoric
Humans still hunted and fished at basis of existence; started using bow and arrow, nets, and spears
Mesolithic (Age)
Used 40,000 years ago; probably to scare away animals; most likely discovered by accident
Fire
Greek for "new stone"; time when humans start settling down in large groups to grow crops, domesticate animals, and improve tools
Neolithic (Age)
Most likely the first domesticated animal
Opposable Thumbs
Start of the prehistoric period; Greek for "old stone"; 2.5 million years ago - 8000 B.C.
Paleolithic (Age)
Taming animals; happened 2,000 years ago; provided wool, milk, and labor
Domestication
Sharp stone; used for creating weapons such as arrowheads, scrapers, knives, etc.
Flint
Didn't have permanent home; wandered following animals (food supply)
Nomadic
Growing crops; began 11,000 years ago; allowed humans free time to better clothing, weapons, tools, pottery, and painting
Agriculture