Early humans lesson 1
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Who was Lucy? | an australopithcine, or early ancestor found in Africa. These people lived in Africa about 3.75 - 1 million years ago.
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| What is the nickname for Homo habilis? | Handy human because they made simple stone tools. They lived between 2.5 and 1.5 million years ago.
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| What are the defining characteristics of Homo erectus? | larger brain than Homo habilis, first to use fire, first to leave Africa, more complex tools than Homo habilis.
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| What do we use to learn about the past? | fossils , tools, and artifacts.
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| Why is it sometimes difficult to study ancient history? | We don't usually find whole pieces of things, just parts of objects or skeletons, so we need to put them together like pieces of a puzzle. Sometimes we have to "guess" at what they all represent.
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| What is the nickname for Homo sapiens? | Wise humans
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| What are the 2 categories of Homo sapiens? | Homo sapien Neanderthal, and Homo sapien Cro-Magnon.
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| This variety of Homo sapiens did NOT look like modern humans. In fact they had bony ridges above their eyes and a small mouth with a protruding chin. | Homo sapien Neanderthal
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| This variety of Homo sapiens looked so much like us, you would not be able to tell the difference between them if you dressed them modern and put them in a classroom. | homo sapien Cro-Magnon
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| This marks the beginning of the Paleolithic Era, or Old Stone Age | The start of people making stone tools.
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| This made it possible for land bridges to become available, which offered early humans access to land they would not have if it was covered with water. | The Ice Age. Due to the fact that the water level went down, more land was visible.
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