PAL:2.5 MILLION YEARS-8000 BC

NEO:8000-4000 BC

METAL: 4000-3000 BC

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ANCIENT TIMES: 3000 BC- 476 AD

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MIDDLE AGES 476 AD- 1492

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MODERN AGE: 1492-1789

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CONTEMPORARY HISTORY: 1789- PRESENT DAY

Lower Paleolithic:

This was the longest of the three

periods. The hominids learnt to carve

stone. These tools are called bifaces.

MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC:

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They perfected tool-making and used

smaller stone chips for carving. They

began using other materials, like bone,

and created new utensils: knives,

arrowheads, harpoons for fishing, and

sewing needles.

UPPER PALEOLITHIC:

The first spiritual and artistic

expressions appeared. They made

stone figures representing Venus,

the goddess of fertility.