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Evolution of Homo Sapiens

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Before History - from Scott Keatley

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The long period of prehistoric times is divided into different ages which are named from the material which man used in the manufacture of his weapons and tools. They are as follows: 1. Paleolithic or Old Stone Age 2. Neolithic or New Stone Age 3. Age of Metals. The division lines between these ages are not sharply drawn. In most countries the epochs run into and overlap one another, just as in modern times the Age of Steam runs into and overlaps the Age of Electricity. The Paleolithic or Old Stone Age: In the Old Stone Age man's implements were usually made of stone, and particularly of easily chipped flints, though sometimes bones, horns, tusks, and other materials were used in their manufacture. These rude tools and weapons of Paleolithic man, found in gravel beds and in caves, are the very oldest things in existence shaped by human hands. The man of the Old Stone Age saw t he retreating glaciers of the last great ic...

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