Paleolithic*Vs.

*Neolithic*

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Paleolithic*Period* SIMILARITIES* Neolithic*Period*

More than one human species

Same life expectancy
range
Had mud bricks supported by timber

Lived a nomadic lifestyle in small groups

Used tools
Called as the New Stone Age

Used primitive stone tools and their

Had permanent settlements, agriculture
survival depended on the climate of the
discovered

environment

Polished stone tools

Discovered agriculture and animal

breeding

Animal skin clothing

Lived on caves, huts, and skin tents

Military and religious leaders, monarchy

Chipped stone tools and wooden

Private property

weapons

Shorter and lower life expectancy

Tribal society, clan controlled by elders

More diseases

No private property

Wall paintings

Lived longer and were taller

Used stone and baked clay as sculptures

Cave painting

Discovered agriculture and tools with

Used stone, mammoth ivory land
polished stones, and the plow

raindeer horn as sculpture

Grew crops such as corn, wheat and beans

Discovered fire

Agricultural revolution

Hunted for food

Metallurgy

Prehistory - Before writing

History - Written record

Archeology - Study of bones

Paleontology - Study of materials

Anthropology - Study of man

Lucy - 3.2 Million y/o skeleton that was found in 1974