Paleolithic Society

The Paleolithic era represents the majority of mankind's history. This era allowed humans to become the dominant species and spread out across the world. It represents the beginning of mankind, and it shows how life was like for humans without innovations, like farming. It also shows that even without written language, humans were able to survive and spread out across the world, even during an ice age. Early humans are discredited by many people as “primitive”, however their societies in many ways were advanced. Paleolithic men and women were seen as equals in their societies, however this is not true in our modern society. Within Paleolithic societies existed social norms of a well developed civilization, traits such as sharing and humility were encouraged, while greed and arrogance were rejected. …show more content…
When considering Paleolithic societies and our modern societies, we can decide whether the decision to use agriculture was the right choice, whether the decision to develop the world was the right choice, and whether our society's norms and founding principles are ideal for