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The First People

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The time before writing Prehistory
A relative who lived in the past Ancestor
An early ancestory of humans Hominid
Lucy was discovered by this anthropologist Donald Johanson
The hominid Donald Johanson discovered Lucy
Means southern ape Australopithecus
Means handy man Homo habilis
The hominid Donald Johanson discovered Homo Erectus
Means southern ape Australopithecus
Means handy man Homo habilis
Stood upright and walked on two legs Australopithecus
Used early stone tools for chopping and scraping Homo Habilis
Added handles to their toools and used stone tools such as hand ax Homo Erectus
Same species as modern human Homo sapiens
Learned to control fire and migrated from Africa to Asia and Europe Homo erectus
Learned to creat fire, use a wide variety of tools and develop languages Homo sapiens
Migrated around the world Homo sapiens
Brain was about half the size of humans Homo habilis
Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task Tool
The first part of Stone Age Paleolithic Era
Another name for the Paleolithic Era Old Stone Age
Where was the oldest tool discovered? Tanzania, Africa
A community of people who share a common culture Society
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive Hunter-gatherers
Easy to shape mineral used to make very sharp tools flint
Homo habilis made tools out this material rocks
To Divide among a group of people distribute
Appeared in Africa 4-5 million years ago Australopithecus
Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago Homo habilis
Appeared in Africa 2-1.5 million years ago Homo erectus
Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago Homo sapiens
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