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THE STONE AGES & EARLY CULTURES

THE STONE AGES & EARLY CULTURES. CHAPTER 2 SECTION 1 THE FIRST PEOPLE. THE FIRST PEOPLE. PREHISTORY HOMINID ANCESTOR. The time before writing (about 5,000 years ago) Early ancestor of humans Relative who lived in the past (dead). EARLY HOMINIDS AUSTRALOPITHECUS. AUSTRALOPITHECUS.

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THE STONE AGES & EARLY CULTURES

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  1. THE STONE AGES& EARLY CULTURES CHAPTER 2 SECTION 1 THE FIRST PEOPLE

  2. THE FIRST PEOPLE • PREHISTORY • HOMINID • ANCESTOR • The time before writing (about 5,000 years ago) • Early ancestor of humans • Relative who lived in the past (dead)

  3. EARLY HOMINIDSAUSTRALOPITHECUS

  4. AUSTRALOPITHECUS • “southern ape” Came from Africa / 4-5 million years ago Brain about 1/3 size of modern day man Did humans walk the earth with dinosaurs?...NO Dinosaurs started out 220 million years ago & died out 65 million years ago http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=F0BD0252-1B03-4A71-8287-7C83E683FACE&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  5. HOMO HABILIS

  6. HOMO HABILIS • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://americanmonsters.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hom_habilis.jpg&imgrefurl=http://americanmonsters.com/site/2010/04/missing-link-discovered-in-south-africa/&usg=__XWMHILmgeiqiOcOI41AYkWaJ9pY=&h=687&w=751&sz=42 • “handy man” • Appeared in Africa • 2.4 million years ago Used early stone tools for chopping / scraping Brain was about half size of modern day man

  7. HOMO ERECTUS

  8. HOMO ERECTUS • “upright man” • Appeared in Africa about 1.5 – 2 million years ago • Used early stone tools like the hand ax • Learned to control fire • Migrated out of Africa to Asia & Europe • http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/fire.html

  9. HOMO SAPIEN

  10. HOMO SAPIEN • “wise man” • Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago • Migrated around world • Same species as modern humans • Learned to create fire & use a wide variety of tools * Developed language

  11. STONE AGE TOOLS • TOOL - any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task / pick up a tool • Stone tools first used / why? • First part of Stone Age is called the Paleolithic Era

  12. STONE AGE TOOLS • Found oldest tools in Tanzania (East Africa) • Size of adult’s fist / 2.6 million years old • Think these tools used to process food / choppers • Then came hand ax • Then learned to attach wooden handles to stone for hunting • Hunted horses, deer, bison, mammoths

  13. HUNTER-GATHERERS • Formed societies • First society = hunter-gatherer / ?? • Believed to form small groups • Followed animals to survive • Hunted in groups • Often led animals over cliffs / safer • Language started to form – communication for hunting / relationships / distribute food / art • http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=FBE799F6-FD1B-4C69-91B5-DC2D9061A0B7&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

  14. QUIZ • Name the 4 ancestors of modern man. • Where did man originate from? Name the first era of the Stone Age. What came first…controlling fire or language? What types of people were in the first society?

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