Starts with the apperance of the
first Hominins (4.2 million years
ago) and the ends with the writing
(Around 3000 BC)
Paleolithic age
Old stone age (4.2 million years 10000 BC)
Tools or utensils were carved (Tallar) from
stone approximately 2.5 million years ago
Art and religion in the Paleolithic period
Artistic representation
Cave paintings
Paintings were made on the walls and ceilings of
the caves. The colour were obtained from natural
elements. It is believed they had a magical purpose:
successful hunting
Mobile art
Portable artistic objects, such as animal figures,
etc. The most notable are the venus figurine
Religious representation
The first humans worshipped the natural elementals.
Practised magic rituals to promete fertility and to the help
hunting
Live in the Paleolithic
• Hunter gathers.
•Nomadic. •Lived in caves
. •Hunted in groups.
•Stone and bones. •
Groups were small.
Neolithic Age
New stone age ( 10000-4000 BC) and polish stone and culture had its origin
Art and religionin the Neolithic Period
The most Notable artisatic achievement
Religious beliefs
Live in the Neolithic age
Humans became producers with the introduction of the farming and agriculture. The first crops to be cultivated were cereals and first animal to be domesticated
were goat, sheep and pig. Humans became sedentary. The population increased. Specialised tools: Axe. Other crafts developed
Metal age
(4000-3000 BC) Tools were made of metal
The period can be divided into 3 stages
Copper age
Bronze age
Iron Age
Life in Metal age
New invention. The economy was still based
of farming. More diverse the work because
metal artisans appeared. Trade developed
because it became necesary to exchange
metals for others product. Villages grew. Social
inequalities increased
History
Start invention of writting and leads up to present times:This
periods can be divided into 4 stages
ANCIENT HISTORY
Invention of writting until the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
THE MIDDLE AGES
from 476 AD until the fall of Constantinopleto the Turks (1453) or alternative,
the sicovery of America (1492)
THE MODERN PERIOD
from either 1453 or 1492 until the
beginning of the French revolution (1789)
THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
From 1789 until the present
Human origin and revolution
The process of hominisation
The features that distinguish
Bipedalism
(Upright walking) which changes
the position of the spinal cord
Cranial changes
which consisted of a smaller jawbone apparence of
a chin and increased brain size
Changes in the hand
The most important was the development opposable thumb
which made holding objects easier