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Palaeolithic Age: when and where


It was the first period of Prehistory. It begins at the appearance  of first hominids and ends with the Neolithic.
The first human beings lived from hunting , fishing and gathering fruit. Palaeolithic  people were nomads and lived in caves or wooden huts.

Then society was very simple and they were organised in small tribes with people that belonged to the same family. The eldest people had the main authority in the group.
Palaeolithic is a part of the Stone Age . People made tools and objects of stone. Homo habilis was the first hominid that made his own tools. Most of tools were made out of flint ( silex ) . People of the Palaeolithic made different kinds of tools stone axes, bifaces or arrowheads or bows. 


Fire  was the most important discovery of the Palaeolithic . It was about 1,5 million ago and make possible cook food, heat caves and protect themselves from wild animals.
They had magical religious beliefs around nature . The believed in spirits and natural forces which helped them in hunting or in other aspects of their life like reproduction or health. They had different rites to ask supernatural beings for help.
They buried the dead probably because they believe in an after life . Dead were buried with their weapons , jewels or other valuable things .

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The first human beings lived from , fishing and fruit.

Palaeolithic  people were and lived in or wooden .

Then society was very simple and they were organised in small with people that belonged to the same .

The people had the main in the group.

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Palaeolithic is a part of the . People made and objects of stone. was the first hominid that made his own tools. Most of tools were made out of ( silex ) .

People of the Palaeolithic made different kinds of tools , bifaces or arrowheads or bows.
  was the most important discovery of the Palaeolithic .
They had around nature . The believed in spirits and forces.

They had different to ask supernatural beings for help.
They the dead probably because they believe in an .

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