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The Paleolithic is a Prehistoric era distinguished by the development of Stone Tool s. It covers virtually all of humanity's time on Earth , extending from 2.5 million years ago, with the introduction of stone tools by Hominid s such as '' Homo Habilis '', to the Introduction Of Agriculture in around 10,000 BCE . The term "Paleolithic", literally "Old Age of the Stone", was coined by archaeologist John Lubbock in 1865 and Derives From the Greek "παλαιός", "paleos" ("old") and "λίθος", "lithos", ("stone"). The Paleolithic era ended with the Mesolithic , or in areas with an early Neolithisation , the Epipaleolithic . The Paleolithic is characterized by the utilization of knapped stone tools, although humans at the time also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were synthesized as tools, including Leather and vegetable fibers; however these have not been preserved to any great degree. CHRONOLOGY Traditionally, the Paleolithic is divided into three periods, the Lower Paleolithic , Middle Paleolithic and the Upper Paleolithic ; the three ages mark technological and cultural advances in different human communities. : Paleolithic :: Lower Paleolithic ::: Olduwan culture ::: Acheulean culture ::: Clactonian culture :: Middle Paleolithic ::: Mousterian culture ::: Aterian culture :: Upper Paleolithic ::: Châtelperronian culture ::: Aurignacian culture ::: Gravettian culture ::: Solutrean culture ::: Magdalenian culture HUMAN EVOLUTION See Also: Human evolution Human evolution is the part of biological Evolution concerning the emergence of Humans as a distinct Species . It is the subject of a broad Scientific Inquiry that seeks to understand and describe how this change and development occurred. The study of human evolution encompasses many scientific disciplines, most notably Physical Anthropology , Linguistics and Genetics . The term "human", in the context of human evolution, refers to the genus '' Homo '', but studies of human evolution usually include other Hominin s, such as the Australopithecines . Human genealogy timeline of human evolution The '' Timeline Of Human Evolution '' outlines the major events in the development of Humans Species and the Evolution of human's Ancestor s. This timeline does not explain the evolution of, for example, Lion s, Dinosaur s or Bird s. It includes a more detailed explanation of other Animal s, Species or Genus , which are possible ancestors of '' Homo Sapiens Sapiens ''. It begins with the time of the Origin Of Life and presents a possible line of descendants that led to humans. This timeline is based on studies from Paleontology , Developmental Biology , Morphology and from Anatomical and Genetic data. The study of human evolution is a major component of Anthropology . Simplified human genealogy The timeline below shows a simplified genealogy of Paleolithic humanity:1 DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:20 right:20 bottom:20 top:10 Colors = id:white value:rgb(1,1,1) id:black value:black id:canvas value:gray(0.98) id:holocene value:rgb(1,0.984,0.941) id:pleisto value:rgb(1,0.968,0.690) id:pliocene value:rgb(1,1,0.6) id:miocene value:rgb(1,1,0) id:paleo value:rgb(0.651,0.875,0.616) id:gray value:gray(0.80) id:darkblue value:rgb(0.3,0.3,0.7) id:blue value:rgb(0.45,0.45,0.80) id:lightblue value:rgb(0.65,0.65,0.90) id:red value:rgb(0.8,0.30,0.30) id:rougemoy value:rgb(0.88,0.45,0.45) id:lightred value:rgb(0.92,0.64,0.64) id:lightred2 value:rgb(0.95,0.84,0.84) id:orange value:rgb(1,0.7,0.3) id:orangesom value:rgb(0.9,0.45,0.25) id:or value:rgb(1,0.9,0) id:grilleMajor value:gray(0.7) id:grilleMinor value:gray(0.9) Period = from:-3000 till:1 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy AlignBars = justify ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:100 start:-3000 gridcolor:grilleMinor ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:500 start:-3000 gridcolor:grilleMajor BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas bars:canvas BarData= bar:evenement1 bar:espace1 bar:evenement2 bar:espace2 bar:evenement3 bar:espace3 bar:evenement4 bar:espace4 bar:evenement5 bar:espace5 bar:evenement6 bar:espace6 # barset:evenement bar:ages0 bar:ages Define = anchor:from align:center Define = anchor:from align:left shift:( 4,-4) Define = anchor:till align:right shift:(-4,-4) Define = anchor:from align:left shift:( 4, 3) Define = anchor:till align:right shift:(-4, 3) PlotData= bar:evenement1 color:black width:20 from:-3000 till:-1950 color:gray at:-2650 textcolor:black text:" Australopithecus " bar:espace1 width:12 at:-2556 mark:(line, blue) bar:evenement2 color:black width:20 from:-2556 till:-1700 color:or at:-2300 textcolor:black text:" Homo Habilis " bar:espace2 width:12 at:-2043 mark:(line, blue) bar:evenement3 color:black width:20 from:-2043 till:-1000 color:darkblue at:-1650 textcolor:black text:" Homo Ergaster " from:-700 till:-300 color:blue textcolor:black text:" Homo Rhodesiensis " from:-200 till:0 color:lightblue at:-300 textcolor:black text:" Homo Sapiens " at:-880 textcolor:black text:"?" bar:espace3 width:12 at:-1121 mark:(line, blue) bar:espace3 width:36 at:-1750 mark:(line, blue) bar:evenement4 color:black width:20 from:-1121 till:-800 color:lightred at:-1125 textcolor:black text:" Homo Antecessor " from:-700 till:-201 color:rougemoy at:-675 textcolor:black text:" Homo Heidelbergensis " from:-199 till:-35 color:red at:-225 textcolor:black text:" Neanderthal " at:-1750 mark:(line, darkblue) at:-770 textcolor:black text:"?" bar:espace4 width:12 at:-1750 mark:(line, darkblue) bar:evenement5 color:black width:20 bar:evenement5 color:black width:20 from:-1750 till:-100 color:orange at:-1000 textcolor:black text:" Homo Erectus " bar:espace5 width:12 at:-100 mark:(line, blue) bar:evenement6 color:black width:20 from:-100 till:-27 color:orangesom at:-315 textcolor:black text:" Homo Soloensis " bar:ages0 from:-2600 till:-10 width:10 color:paleo textcolor:white at:-1600 text:"Paleolithic" bar:ages fontsize:9 from:-3000 till:-1806 color:pliocene at:-2400 text:" Pliocene " from:-1806 till:-11 color:pleisto at:-1000 text:" Pleistocene " from:-11 till:0 color:holocene at:-100 text:" H-> " at:-3000 mark:(line, black) at:-1806 mark:(line, black) at:-11 mark:(line, black) at:0 mark:(line, black) CLIMATE ;Currently agreed upon classifications as Paleolithic Geoclimatic episodes WAY OF LIFE See Also: Stone Age The Old Stone Age or Paleolithic comprises more than a million years, and during this period major climatic and other changes occurred which affected the evolution of humans. Humans themselves evolved into their current morphological form during the later period of the Stone Age. |
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