2. Prehistory goes from the appearance of the first
human beings (2 million years ago) to the
invention of writing.
3. It means that Prehistory lasted more than 2 million
years and History is lasting about more than 5.000
years.
4. Differences between Paleolithic and
Neolithic
Paleolithic comes from
Greek and it means old
stone.
Neolithic comes from
Greek and it means new
stone.
18. COPPER AGE
People discovered that metals
were harder, stronger and more
resistant than stone.
People dedicated to different
jobs: some were farmers, some
made tools, some made
pottery, etc.