Chariho Middle School Library: Stone Age

This is a very brief biography of Mary Leakey. (7:52min).

This site offers a biography of Mary Leakey.

This site offers a biography of Mary Leakey

This is an image of the footprints Mary Leakey found. Remember to log on with cms in front of your student id and your birthdate.

This site has lots of information on origins, civilization and biology of humans.

Discover the features setting Homo sapiens apart from neanderthal man. (5:37 min) Remember to log on with cms in front of your student id number and your password.

A brief history of modern man.

Find out about the earliest modern humans.

This site has information on early humans be sure to check out the link for the index.

This site has information on early humans, anthropologists, fossils, and more. Be sure to use the arrows at the bottom of the site to find all the information.

This is a brief summary of early human development. (4:41min)

Because of climatic changes, early people living in Africa migrated to almost all corners of the Earth, including the Americas. These early migrations established the beginnings of great civilizations in the ancient world. (4: 56 min) Remember to log on with cms in front of our student id number and your birthdate.

This is a good overview of the Paleolithic Era.

This is a site that provides an overview of the period and describes tools, cave paintings, and more.

This site provides a good overview of the stone age.

This site offers an overview and a lot of very interesting facts.

Many interesting facts about the Paleolithic age.

Remember to use the arrows on the bottom to find all the information.

This site has text and a video on the ice age.

This article traces burial practices back to the Neanderthals.

This site describes burial practices. Higher Reading Level.

Neanderthals used tools to make clothing and protect themselves from enemies. Paleoanthropologists also believe that Neanderthals had elaborate burial ceremonies. (4:05 min) Remember to log on with cms in front of your student id number and your birthdate.

This site offers a definition of animism

This site has information about religious beliefs in the stone age.

Discovery the everyday lives of the neanderthals. (2:10 min)

Be sure to scroll down to find all the information on Neanderthals.

This site has information on anatomy and lifestyle of Neanderthals.

Compare and contrast Neanderthals to modern humans. (3:10 min) Remember to log in with cms in front of your student id number and your birthdate.

Cro-Magnons created detailed paintings on the walls of caves in places such as Chauvet, Lascaux, and Altamira.(4:13 min) Remember to logon with cms in front of your student id number and your birthdate.

Cro-Magnons studied and incorporated stars, handprints, and animals into their art; each painting held special significance to Cro-Magnons, about which scientists today can only guess. (6:34 min) Remember to logon with cms in front of your student id number and your birthdate.

This has wonderful images of examples of cave art and an explanation.

A brief site explaining cave art.

This site offers some interesting facts about cave painting.