Prehistoric
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- Created on: 18-04-17 05:39
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- Prehistoric
- They did not write, so much of our knowledge about their way of life comes from cave paintings and archaeology
- We also study similar modern day tribes, such as Aborigines to see how they lived
- Prehistoric people were nomads - they have temporary shelters and travelled in search of food and followed animals to survive
- The tools they used were simple and made from bone or flint
- Trephining was commonly used by the medicine an to treat people
- The belief was that it allowed the evil spirits to be released. Some skulls have been found with the holes rounded - this shows that they must have survived as the bone was growing back. There are pictures of hands with only three fingers painted on cave walls
- They must have been able to do simple amputations
- The belief was that it allowed the evil spirits to be released. Some skulls have been found with the holes rounded - this shows that they must have survived as the bone was growing back. There are pictures of hands with only three fingers painted on cave walls
- Ideas about the causes of disease were based on superstition and the supernatural, but they used some practical threatments
- They did not write, so much of our knowledge about their way of life comes from cave paintings and archaeology
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