MONTESSORI THE GREAT LESSONS : The Upper Paleolithic Period

 The Coming of Humans

The Upper Paleolithic Period

 A new man appeared called the 

Homo Sapiens ("wise man") the first man

 to have the same appearance as the man

of today. He lived in caved and decorated

some with beautiful wall paintings.

 The objects he used were greatly

improved - hand axes, stone knives,

scrapers and needles have been 

found. The women began to dedicate

 themselves to domestic duties and to

 adorn themselves with necklaces. The 

cultivation of grains was also begun.

Inter Glacial Period of Wurm-Buhl

Human Remains

 The human remains tell that now
there is as a man similar to us
called "Homo Sapiens".

Culture

Scrapers, knives, awls, burins, instruments

of bone, spearheads attached to handles.Men

added fine work which became truly artistic,

such as the beautiful spearhead called

 "Laurel Leaf." Men became very artistic and 

made beautiful paintings on the cave walls.

 They also wore personal ornaments.They 
were united to tribes and had a religion
 headed by a sorcerer. 

During this epoch, "Homo Sapiens" 

inhabited all of the continents. During this 
time, the different races developed, perhaps
 as a result of the diversity of climate.Toward
 the end of this period, women devoted 
themselves to domestic duties and men to 
hunting and to fishing. The dead were buried

 with funeral gifts. It is evident that progress 
during this period was enormous and men 
were divided into diverse cultures.

Habitation

 Always caves

Fauna

Horses, bison, mammoth, reindeer 

Vegetation

The same as the preceding period.
Man learned to recognize many wild
plants and, little by little, learned
to use them as food.  

 

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The Coming of Humans