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*(NEW)*The Prehistoric Era Part 1

The Prehistoric Era Part 1 I'll do part 2 in the next issue

What is the Prehistoric Era? Well, the Prehistoric Era is not dinosaurs or aliens, but it's all about Neanderthals and the earliest humans. Mostly called the Stone age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. This was about 2.5 million years ago in approximately 2.5 million B.C.  

This is when humans started using tools to build and invent a new kind of era that wouldn't exist without them. The thing is, cavemen didn't know about electricity or IPhones and all the gadgets we use today. Instead, they used some objects like spears. Yes, spears. Today we only use that tool for farming and hunting. But the Neanderthals were very smart humans. They made hammers out of rocks, spears, hand axes and so much more. It's definitely a fun topic to talk about and learn. 

What they also used was paint, not the kind we have today but homemade paint. They used berries, mud and pretty much anything that you could smoosh and it would make a color to tell stories and show the lifestyle. 

When they made their houses or huts, they would use mud, small stones, shells and animal bones. They could not just go to the Home Depot and grab some wood and nails and just magically make a house. They also didn't have mattresses, So what would they sleep on? Their so-called mattress was stone, like rock solid stone. Just imagine you're a caveman and you decide to take a nice nap, but your back just starts to hurt and you don't know why. They probably had serious back problems. And you might also be thinking, why didn't they just take hay or grass and make a bed? Well they didn't even know what most of this stuff was, remember there is one of the first of humankind and the brains are changing which means new ideas every day. 

-Iliana Branda 

Sources 

https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-ases-timeline