The first modern like man was Neanderthal Man . Neanderthal Man has been found in Europe, East Asia, East Africa and Central Asia. The Stone Age is recognized because man was dependent on stone tools and weapons to survive. Neanderthal Man was first found on the island of Java in Indonesia. History is the study of events, ideas and happenings that have shaped the cultures of the world that exists today.
Prehistory is the story of human existence before mankind had written records in history.
History should provide man with experiences that are good and bad which should help mankind to learn lessons from the past and hopefully avoid those mistakes and built on the successes. Peking Man has been found to be the first man that existed on earth. Culture are the patterns of behavior, the artifacts, ideas and knowledge that creates a society. Th e Old Stone Age had the development of the Agricultural Revolution with the existence of permanent communities and the rise of city-states. The Kon Tiki Theory assumed that ancient man migrated from China by a reed boat to America as we know it today.