The greatest inventors of all time Flashcards
(10 cards)
What was found in the Neander valley?.
A skull was found.
What did the scientist find?.
Scientists have found that certain materials, such as wood and plants and volcanic rocks, change slowly but regularly over a very long period of time.
What did they find in Asia and Africa?.
They found more bones.
What were the earliest tools for cavemen?
The earliest ones were probably just sticks and stones. But soon stones were being shaped and sharpened. We have found lots of these shaped stones in the ground.
What do we call the sticks and stones today?
The stone age
How was weather for the cavemen?
Winter were longer and summers were shorter,and winters were a lot colder.
What did cavemen invent
They invented talking. I mean having real conversations with each other, using words.They invented something else that was wonderful too: pictures.
Why do you think these prehistoric people painted animals on the walls of the caves?
Because the caves were so dark. Of course we can’t be sure, but we think they may have been trying to make magic, that they believed that painting pictures of animals on the walls would make those animals appear.
What did they do with the axle heads.
Used a different, harder stone to bore holes in their axe-heads for handles.
What was the next thing these people discovered?
The next thing these people discovered was how to make pots out of clay.
