LIFE IN PALEOLITHIC TIMES

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LIFE IN PALEOLITHIC TIMES

            The rise of human beings across the Earth was the start of the prehistoric times called Palaeolithic, which means ___________ stone, because these first human beings used __________ made of stone.

            These primitive villagers lived in the _______ air.

            At times they would refuge in ________ to protect themselves from the cold and from ___________.

            They were ___________ people and never lived in one fixed location, although they moved from one place to another to look for food.

To feed themselves, they hunted wild animals and ____________ fruits from the forests. They made ___________ and tools out of stone, wood and bone. The main weapons were spears, arrows and the most important tools were the ________ (hand axes), and knives.

            The primitive men wore the furs of the animals they hunted.

            Half a million years ago, human beings discovered fire in the lavas of a volcano, from a natural fire, or other natural disasters.

            With fire, primitive men __________ the caves and made better weapons and tools. They also heated the food and the fire acted as a deterrent to wild animals.