THE STONE AGE

The Stone Age was a period of time that started about 2.5 million years ago, when people – sometimes called cavemen – used stone to make spears, hammers, axes, and other tools. They often used these tools to hunt animals for food. Some of these animals, such as woolly mammoths, were very big.

            Woolly mammoths were animals that looked like elephants. They even had long tusks, just like elephants. Woolly mammoths weren’t the only animals that lived at this time, though. There were many dangerous animals, too, such as saber-toothed cats. Saber-toothed cats were bigger than cats now and had long, sharp front teeth.

            It was also during the Stone Age that people first discovered how to make fire!

Cavemen

            Millions of years ago cavemen communicated in very simple ways. They are were able to make a simple sounds or noises to let others know how they were feeling, and they could read facial expressions and body language. They also drew pictures on the walls of caves to tell stories about their history and culture.

            Over time, language developed but body language never died out. In fact, some people say that communication is 55% body language, 38% voice, and only 7% is in the world we use! That’s pretty amazing if you think about how many words there are in any language.

            There are two types of non-herbal communication. The first is body language which includes facial expressions, the way someone stands or walks, or any movement which shows how a person is feeling.

            The other type of non-herbal communication is gestures. Gestures include things like hand signals, movement, of the eyes, and body posture. Some examples are smiling, shaking someone’s hand or waving at someone.

            People can also understand one another by listening to the intonation the speaker is using. The way we say a word or sentence can often change the meaning of what we are trying to say.