Neolithic Changes

Beginning about 2.5 million years ago the “Old Stone Age” era or Paleolithic period occurred. Due to no written records left from that time, what we know is based off of actual physical evidence found. From that evidence some characteristics that were uncovered were their resourcefulness of stones and bones.
Major characteristics of this time consisted of a few different “types” of humans yet only one type continuing into the Neolithic or New Stone Age. During the Paleolithic timeframe, they lived mostly traveling often due to the search for food. Their survival was crucial to the climate and natural resources. They seemed to have lived in a very tribal manner, which is shown from their paintings found in caves throughout time. These paintings showed their religion, depending on an almost supernatural source, and their faith in the land directly correlating to their life source. They used mostly stones and bones as weapons and tools. A big discovery for them at the time was flint, resulting …show more content…
During the Paleolithic age they seemed to depend more on animals and fruit for food while the Neolithic era began farming and harvesting as well as the domestication of animals. What changed the most and was beneficial to the human species was with their newfound agriculture it prevented them from having to move around as much as they once did in the Paleolithic Age. Due to their farming they didn’t have to constantly leave to find food so villages and larger groups could be formed as opposed to the traveling small groups form before. This also allowed them to create a form of commerce with trade which was a social change much different from before. On the negative aspects of this growth came disease due to the lack of