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- A Virtual Tour of Cave Paintings - Cave paintings let us learn about the lives of people long ago. People painted animals and even painted outlines of their hands. Take a look.
www.hbschool.com/activity/cavepaintings/cavepaintings.html
- Archaeology and Human Prehistory: A Virtual Exhibition - Ancient technology and human prehistory in ancient civilizations of China, Egypt, Greece, India, Latin America, Mesopotamia, Vikings and North America.
kroeber.anthro.mankato.msus.edu
- CaveArt - Interactive site draws visitors into the world of cave artists. Includes information on the people themselves as well as their paintings, sculptures, and etchings.
www.mcdougallittell.com/whist/netact/U1/U1frame.htm
- Creation Stories - Ancient stories told to explain the natural wonders and disasters observed by early man.
www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/creation/cstorymenu.html
- Cro-Magnum Caves - Cave art in the classroom, a most creative site.
www.internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/caveart/cavemenu.html
- Early Humans - Links to information pages about early man.
webtest.ousd.k12.ca.us/cvf/curric_library/prehistory/prehistory_index.html
- Ferriby and the Bronze Age Boats - Looks at the story of the North Ferriby Bronze Age Boats. Explores how they were found and what they may have looked like.
www.wilberforce.ac.uk/boat
- First Came the Mammoth, Then Came Architecture - Short history of prehistoric architecture, from mammoth-bone tents to Stone Age cities.
www.howardbloom.net/the_neolithic.htm
- Flints and Stones - You've heard about the Stone Age. Now step into it. Visit this site to learn how the hunters gatherers really lived.
museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html
- Fossil Skulls - 12 fossil skulls that represent more than 3.5 million years of human evolution. Click on any of them to find out more. Shockwave.
www.amnh.org/enews/iskulls.html
- Human Evolution and Natural Selection - BBC Education site on Charles Darwin.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/darwin/atoz.htm
- Institution for Ice Age Studies - Tools and customs for survival, including ice age lamps, shelters, daily life, clothing, religious ceremonies, and inventions.
www.insticeagestudies.com/library/darkcavesbrightvision/index.html
- Life and Times of Early Man - Why did Cro-Magnon man crawl on his belly through dangerous mazes in deep dark caves? How did the "Upright Man" travel from Africa to America without a boat? Who were the Neandertals? Did man live at the same time as dinosaurs? Explore the life and times of Early Man!
members.aol.com/Donnpages/EarlyMan.html
- Mary Leakey: Unearthing History - Profile of Mary Leakey from the Scientific American.
www.sciam.com/explorations/121696explorations.html
- Neandertals: A Cyber Perspective. - Named after the valley in which he was discovered (Neander Tal), this hominid would send anthropologists mad for over 100 years. Neandertals were the ancestors that nobody wanted, or so scientists thought until they realized their mistake.
thunder.indstate.edu/~ramanank/index.html
- Origins of Western Culture - A virtual journey through human evolution. From the Smithsonian.
www.mnh.si.edu/museum/VirtualTour/Tour/First/Human/index.html
- Prehistoric Man by History Link 101 - Offers links categorized in five areas: art, daily life, maps, pictures, and research on early man.
www.historylink101.com/prehistory.htm
- Prehistoric Rock Paintings in India - Examples of cave art dating back over 20,000 years. One looks remarkably like a man walking a dog.
www.kamat.com/kalranga/rockpain/betaka.htm
- Prehistory - Cultural literacy in art and social studies via a student-built prehistory cave with cave art, located in the library.
www.northnet.org/mwcsart/cave.htm
- Prehistory in the Electronic Passport - Brief history of early man's culture and development.
www.mrdowling.com/602prehistory.html
- Stone Age Hand-axes - Pictures and information.
www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/axe
- Stone Age Reference Collection - Extensive collection of tools, materials, and online publications about stone age technology.
www.hf.uio.no/iakn/roger/lithic/index.html
- Technology Throughout History - Simple to read presentation of tools in the stone, bronze, and iron ages.
www.bergen.org/technology/techis.html
- The Painted Rocks of Africa - From African Odyssey Interactive, the Kennedy Center. East Africa, the Sahara Desert, Baja California, and examples of the Paleolithic cave art of Europe.
artsedge.kennedy-center.org/aoi/events/visual/painted2.html
- Walking With Prehistoric Beasts - A look at the animals who ruled the planet after the dinosaurs became extinct. Includes facts, a photo gallery, and interactive games,
dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/beasts.html
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