Question

Compare the Paleolithic period to the Neolithic period. What is one thing that makes these time periods different from one another?

(1 point)
Responses

The beginnings of architecture as we know it were present in the Paleolithic period but not in the Neolithic period.

The beginnings of architecture as we know it were present in the Paleolithic period but not in the Neolithic period.

Clay pots were important during the Neolithic period; they weren’t in the Paleolithic period.

Clay pots were important during the Neolithic period; they weren’t in the Paleolithic period.

The Neolithic period is credited with creating indoor plumbing; the Paleolithic period did not have this feature.

The Neolithic period is credited with creating indoor plumbing; the Paleolithic period did not have this feature.

The Paleolithic period involved decorated pots and home decorations; the Neolithic period did not.

The Paleolithic period involved decorated pots and home decorations; the Neolithic period did not.

Answer 1

Clay pots were important during the Neolithic period; they weren’t in the Paleolithic period.

Reason: The Neolithic (New Stone Age) saw pottery production for storage and cooking tied to settled agricultural life; Paleolithic people were nomadic hunter-gatherers and did not produce pottery.