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Are we on the same page???. Ch. 1 L 1 Chapter 1 lesson 1 1-1 Notes 9/?/09. vocab Prehistory- is history that happened before the invention of writing Fossil- remains of once-living things Artifact- human-made objects

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  1. Are we on the same page???

  2. Ch. 1 L 1 Chapter 1 lesson 1 1-1 Notes 9/?/09 vocab Prehistory- is history that happened before the invention of writing Fossil- remains of once-living things Artifact- human-made objects Migration- movement from one place to another Domestication- to tame living things for people’s use

  3. Fossil Finds • Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists work together • hominid – early human ancestor • Eugene Dubois found Homo erectus – “human who stands upright” • Ray Dart australopithecine – earlier than Homo Erec. • Leakey’s australopithecine –Olduvai Gorge E. Africa- also find Homo habilis – “handy person” – stone tools found near by

  4. Rich Leakey dozens of hominid fossils – 2.5 mill. Yr. old Homo habilis • Don Johanson 3 mil yr old austr. “Lucy” in Ethiopia • Tim White 4.5 mil yr old austr. Early Ancestors • 1st hominids appear south of Sahara in Africa more than 3 mil yr ago • Austr. meat & plant eaters

  5. 2.5 mil yr ago Homo habilis - spread across Africa – gathered & ate plants & scavenged for meat – used stones to cut meat • 1.9 mil yr ago Homo erectus – greater brain pow. than habilis • Erectus tames fire – protection, warmth - traveled in bands • Modern humans appear 200,000 yrs ago – Homo sapiens Ch. 1 L 2 9/?/09 Vocab Word-definition

  6. Homo erectus & Homo sapiens lived side by side – erec. Dies out • Homo sapien “wise human” Survival Skills • Archaelgsts. excav. sites section off site into squares look for artifacts • Radiocarbon dating- living things only used 50,000 yrs or younger

  7. Bands made up related fams. About 20- cooperation • TRIAL and ERROR • Bands followed food – migrated Spreading Through the World • 2-3 miles in lifetime • People moved to Asia, Europe, Australia, Americas • Ice Age – land bridges • Culture, language, customs are exchanged and move Well……

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