Evolution of Food Supply and Shelter: Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Era
This overview compares Paleolithic and Neolithic lifestyles, focusing on food supply, shelter, community structure, and occupations. In the Paleolithic era, people gathered food like plants and berries, living in small groups that moved frequently. They resided in caves or tents and rarely traded. In contrast, the Neolithic era saw the advent of agriculture, with communities settling around farms. People used basic tools, built houses with mud bricks, and developed a division of labor, including roles as farmers, craftsmen, and builders, leading to a more organized society.
Evolution of Food Supply and Shelter: Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Era
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OLD AND NEW CHRISTIAN J. LITTLE
paleolithic FOOD SUPPLY They had to gather food and they ate :plants,berries.
NEOLITHIC FOOD SUPPLY • They had basic tools/weapons and famers: planted crops and raise livestock.
Paleolithic Shelter • They live in caves or tents
Neolithic Shelter • They lived in build houses w/mud bricks and houses with multiple rooms and more safer.
Paleolithic community • Small groups [ 20 to 60 people ] moved from place to place looking for food
Neolithic community • They settled in communities around farms and split up jobs in the community ‘’division of labor’’
Paleolithic jobs • Finding food for survival
Neolithic jobs • They had tool markers, stoneworkers, pottery, farmers, cloth-makers, house-builders
Paleolithic trade • Rarely trade with other groups
