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Early Humans Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved. Australopithecines • 1st to grow the opposable thumb •First humanlike creature to walk upright Homo Habilis “Man of Skill” • Traits – 2.5-1.5 million BC – Brain size = 700 cubic cm • Achievements – Made tools from lava rock – Use tools to cut meat and crack bones Homo Erectus “Upright Man” • Traits – 1.6 - 30,000 million BC – More intelligent and adaptable – Brain size 1,000 Cubic cm • Achievements – Used intelligence to develop technology Neanderthal • Traits – 200,000 – 30,000 BC – Brain size 1,450 cubic cm – Powerfully built – Heavy slanted eyebrows • Achievements – First to have ritual burials – Tried to control and explain the world Cro Magnons • Traits – Identical skeleton to modern humans • Achievements – Studied animals’ habits – Planned their hunts – Advanced skill in spoken language – Created art How it all began… • Homo Sapiens (modern humans) appeared in Africa 100,000 to 400,000 years ago. • Then migrated to –Europe –Asia –Australia –The Americas How did they find their food? • Early human societies met their needs by hunting animals and gathering other foods like edible plants. • These hunters and gatherers were also known as nomads. Nomads • Nomads: People who depend on wild plants and animals to survive. They followed where the food supply went and gathered seeds and nuts. HUMAN LIFE IS SPLIT INTO TWO PERIODS! TO BE CONTINUED… Pictures Cited • • • • • • • • • • Slide 1 – www.baylor.edu Slide 2 - http://www.classicalvalues.com/NYPair.jpg, www.museumstorecompany.com Slide 3 - http://www.geocities.com/latrinchera2000/archivoimagenes/hominizacion/habilis/habilis6.jpg Slide 4 - http://teachersnetwork.org/powertolearn/web/Prehistory%20Web%20Quest/images/Homo_Erectus.gif Slide 5 - www.ugopozzati.it/images/Speranza-Neanderthal.jpg Slide 6 - http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/Bio/cro-magnon-caverne.jpg Slide 7 - http://www.izea.net/images/africa.gif Slide 8 - www.rim101.net/pictures/xrm0101b.jpg Slide 9 - http://www.princetonfamilycenter.org/images/cavemen.jpg Slide 10 - www.preceptaustin.org Road to the Agricultural Revolution Paleolithic to Neolithic Era Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved. Prehistory • Prehistoric or Prehistory – refers to the time before the advancement of writing. Paleolithic Era • Paleolithic Era also means Old Stone Age. • The Paleolithic or old stone age began 2 million years go. Paleolithic Era • Homo Sapiens during this period were: – Nomads – The first to make simple tools and weapons. – Make cave art – Master the use of Fire. – Develop a language – Living in clans Neolithic Era • Neolithic Era also means the new • stone age. Homo Sapiens during this period: • Developed agriculture • Domesticated animals • Used advanced tools like spears • Developed weaving skills The Agricultural Revolution • The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the Agricultural Age • Nomads turned to Farmers • They learned to domesticate (tame) animals • They learned to farm their food What did it all lead to? • All of these developments led to the rise of settlements and agriculture. • This advanced homo sapiens towards civilization. Pictures Cited • • • • • • • Slide 2 - http://cavemanchemistry.com/ch120slides/graphics/cartoon/7.png Slide 3 - http://raconter.net/img/write.jpg Slide 4 - http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Paleohorse3.jpg Slide 5 - http://youth.crosspointelive.org/uploaded_images/bonfire-748725.jpg Slide 6 - http://www.svf.uib.no/sfu/blombos/Artefact_Review1_Images/images/Bigbifacials-&-scrapers.jpg Slide 7 - clipart Slide 8 - http://www.sewerhistory.org/images/w/wam/moh_wam14.jpg