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Early Humans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Study people and societies, study way of life, cultures and interaction with other people | Anthropologists |
| Archaeologists | Find artifacts like tools, clothing, pottery and weapons, they are a type of anthropologist. They also study culture but focus on people and artifacts that are no longer around |
| Time before history was written | Prehistoric |
| Process used to discover how old an artifact is | Carbon Dating |
| It takes ________ years for Carbon 14 to breakdown, so by measuring how much is left we can ____ its age | 5,730 and estimate |
| Humans | ____ are from a class of animals called hominids |
| Hominids are creatures that walk ________ on two feet as their primary form of ________ | upright, transportation |
| There used to be many different kinds of hominids, but humans are the last and only _______ | remaining |
| We are ________ _________ | Homo Sapiens |
| The first ______ was Australopithecus | hominid |
| Hominids were discovered in _______ | 1924 |
| Hominids lived in _______ __________ along the Great Rift Valley between _______ million years ago | Eastern Africa, 3-4 |
| Homo-Habilis | Species of early humans who lived 1.5-2 million years ago |
| HomoHabilis discovered in 1960 in __________ | Tanzania Southeastern Africa |
| Homo Habilis was the first species to use carved ______ _______ | stone tools |
| Handy man | Homo-Habilis means _________ |
| New Stone Age means ____- | Neolithic |
| Pottery and advanced tools were made during this period. | Neolithic |
| Characteristics of the Neolithic Period | Built settlements, domesticated animals, began farming and were no longer hunter-gatherers, raised animals for food, reproduced best and strongest animals |
| Neolithic Age lasted from ______ to ________ | 10000BCE to 3000 BCE |
| Dogs were domesticated to help _____ and hunt animals | herd |
| Animals were raised for food; reproduced best and ______ animals | strongest |
| Continued to grow the best foods to increase annual | harvest |
| Paleolithic is also called | The Old Stone Age |
| Characteristics of the Paleolithic Age: | 2 million BCE to 10,000 BCE Lived in small clans, Learned how to make fire and used simple stone tools |
| Humans were nomadic | hunter-gatherers |
| They constantly moved to follow animal | herds |
| Primarily hunted animals and gathered wild vegetation | no farming |
| Homo-Sapiens likely led to Neanderthal ______ ; lived alongside for awhile | extinction |
| Homo-Sapiens means ______ and could problem solve much better | wise man |
| ________were an early form of Homo-Sapiens | Cro-Magnon |
| Made numerous _______ throughout Europe and Africa | cave paintings |
| We are _____ and ____ | Homo-sapiens, only hominids on Earth |
| Homo-erectus were early _____ who lived 1.8 million years ago | humans |
| Homo-erectus used more advanced weapons like axes and _____ | spears |
| First to use ____ | fire |
| Had consistent upright structure. Homo-erectus means | upright |
| Homo-erectus was discovered in Europe _____ | Georgia |
| Compared to modern humans, Neanderthals had _____ legs | shorter |
| Compared to modern humans, Neanderthals had ______ body and ______ structure | bigger; stockier |
| Neanderthals _____ their dead | buried |
| Neanderthals adapted to live in ____ ______; built shelters and wore animal _____ | cold climates; skins |
| Neanderthal disappeared _____ years ago | 30000 |
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