PREHISTORY

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Prehistory: Three stages

* Prehistory is the period that begins with the appearance of the human being, about five million years ago, and finishes with the invention of writing, about 6,000 years ago.
* It is a long period divided into three stages: the Palaeolithic Age, the Neolithic Age and the Metal Age.
* The Palaeolithic Age began with our first ancestors and finished about 10,000 years ago. During that period, human beings used tools made of stone and lived on hunting and gathering.
* In the Neolithic Age, which began about 10,000 years ago, human beings lived in villages. Human communities cultivated the land and raised cattle. Agriculture and cattle raising gave rise to a productive economy.
* We call the the Metal Age to the period beginning about 7000 years ago, when human beings started to make objects out of metals.


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