PREHISTORY´S INSTRUMENTS

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  • 25,000 BCE

    PALEOLITHIC AGE

    PALEOLITHIC AGE
    The homininds learnt to cave stone (bifaces). Also they perfected tool-making and used smaller stone chips for caving. Finally, the hominids made stone figures representing Venus, the goddess of fertility.
  • 8000 BCE

    NEOLITHIC AGE

    NEOLITHIC AGE
    Instead of hitting the stones, the humans started to polish them. So the obtained stone tools with much sharper edges.
  • 4000 BCE

    METAL AGES

    METAL AGES
    This period is divided into three ages depending on the type of metar thar was used:
    - Copper: tools and weapons were very fragile.
    - Bronze (alloy of copper and tin): it was more resistant. Humans used it to make farming tools and sophisticated weapons.
    -Iron: was more abundant and resistant than the previous metals.