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Chapter 1- Section 1 Early Humans

Chapter 1- Section 1 Early Humans. 1. How did Paleolithic people adapt to their environment and use tools to help them survive? 2. How did life change for people during the Neolithic Age?. Key Words. Anthropologist- a person who studies how humans develop and relate to one another

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Chapter 1- Section 1 Early Humans

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  1. Chapter 1- Section 1Early Humans 1. How did Paleolithic people adapt to their environment and use tools to help them survive? 2. How did life change for people during the Neolithic Age?

  2. Key Words • Anthropologist- a person who studies how humans develop and relate to one another • Archaeologist- a person who digs up and studies things made by humans in the past • Artifact- an object made by humans in the past such as weapons or tools • Fossil- traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock

  3. Key Words • Nomad- people who live regularly moving from one place to another • Technology- tools and methods to help perform tasks • Task-a piece of work or job that must be done • Domesticate- to train animals pr plants for human use

  4. Key Words • Specialization- the development of different jobs • Revolution- major changes that affect many different areas of life LOCATE • Jericho • Çatal Hϋyϋk

  5. Paleolithic-Old Stone Age • Hunter –Gatherers • Lived as nomads • Men and women did different tasks • Invented tools for hunting • Adapted to their climate • Learned to tame fire (Advancement #1)

  6. Ice Ages(Paleolithic) • Needed fire to survive • Long periods of extreme cold • Began about 100,000 BC-8,000BC • Thick sheets of ice covered parts of Europe, Asia, and North America • Threat to human life because of cold and hunger • Adapted by changing diet, building sturdier shelters and using animal furs to make warm clothing

  7. Language, Art and Religion • Development of spoken language(Advancement #2) • Made it easier for people to work together and pass on knowledge • Art-crushed stone to make paint and painted on cave walls. • Paintings may have had religious meaning or good luck

  8. The Invention of Tools(Advancement #3) • Paleo. people were first to use technology • Stone-(flint) made tools with sharp edges • Bone- made fish hooks, needles • Used needles to make nets, baskets and sewed animal hides

  9. Mesolithic Age-Middle Stone • After Ice Age ended period between Paleolithic and Neolithic was Mesolithic • Changed from hunting to herding • Domesticated animals, still nomadic • Came to an end when people realized they could plant seeds and grow foods and stay in one place and build permanent homes

  10. Neolithic-New Stone Age • 8,00BC-4,000BC • Farming began- Agricultural Revolution • Historians consider this time the most important event in human history • People began to own land for farms and build homes in a village setting

  11. Agricultural revolution Advantages: --Developed communities with places of worship • Beginning of trade • Healthy growing populations-feed more people • Developed different kinds of jobs • Tools improved • Crafts developed

  12. Agricultural Revolution • Disadvantages • Diets changed from meat to vegetable and grain (breads) • Disease spread • Pollution • People had to work harder

  13. Villages • Jericho- located in the West Bank between Israel and Jordan is one of the oldest known villages • Çatal Hϋyϋk-present day Turkey had around 6000 people, lived in mud-brick houses

  14. Benefits of Settled Life • Steady food supply • Traded food for goods • Specialization of jobs-craftspeople, toolmakers

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