Homo Erectus
helby Althuizen
aelee Downing
ryan Forouzeh
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Slide 2: Table of Contents
Slide 3: Dates and Places of Existence
Slide 4: Description of Physical Appearance
Slide 5: Description of Shelters
Slide 6: Food
Slide 7: Description of Daily Life
Slide 8: Tools
Slide 9: Fire
Slide 10: Ceremonies and Religion
Slide 11: Transportation
Slide 12: Development of Language
Slide 13: Clothing
Slide 14: Art and Carving
Slide 15: Homo Erectus Interesting Facts
Slide 16: Questions
Slide 17: Answers
Slide 18: How to Learn More
Slide 19: Endnotes
Slide 20: Bibliography
Introduction
• Hello! Welcome to a history lesson a day
with the Homo Erectus people. You will
learn about what they ate, what they look
like, where they lived, and much more! We
hope you learn a lot and have fun with
Homo Erectus!
Dates and Places of
Existence
• The Homo Erectus
people lived in Africa
between 1,600,000
BCE and about
300,000 BCE.(1) The
Homo Erectus people
soon moved to Asia
and Europe as the
climate got colder.(2)
Description of Physical Appearance
Homo Erectus had large brains. Their
brain size was form 54-67 cubic
inches, which was larger than the brain
of a Homo Habilis. Homo Erectus
people had smaller teeth than Homo
Habilis, but larger than modern
humans’ teeth. Homo Erectus people
had a very thick skull with a sloping
forehead and large eyebrows. They
also had massive jaws and had no
chin. Additionally, they had flat faces
and were taller than early groups of
humans and had shorter arms. They
weighed about 100 to 150 pounds. (3)
Description of Shelters
• Homo Erectus people lived
in Africa. Their homes
were often found in forests,
plains, and grasslands.
Scientists believe that these
people lived in oval huts
and caves. (4) Scientists
also believed that the oval
huts were made out of
straw and grass. It is
thought that these oval huts
and caves were long
lasting. (5)
Food
• Homo Erectus women would
pick nuts, leaves, and fresh fruit,
while the men hunted for already
dead animals.(6) Later, men
created tools, such as axes and
clubs. They used the tools for
hunting animals that were alive
rather than dead.(7)
Description of Daily Life
• The Homo Erectus
men went out in
small groups looking
for dead animals and
learned to make
tools. The woman
watched the kids,
searched for food
such as leafs, fruit,
and nuts. They also
made clothing.(8)
Tools
• Homo Erectus people didn’t have
many tools. Their best tool was a hand
axe. They cut meat and dug with it.
They also had rocks and stones. They
used the stones and rocks to cut their
meat.(9) When they went hunting,
they used wooden spears to kill
animals. They produced heat by using
fire sticks rubbed together rapidly to
make fire.(10)
Fire
• Homo Erectus people were the first ones
to make fire. At first, scientists believe
that Homo Erectus people could not
make fires on their own. The people
would bring back fire supplies, such as,
branches that caught on fire in a natural
way like lightening. (11) They needed
the fire for light and warmth. They also
used fire for hunting and catching
animals that were frightened and ran
away. (12) Eventually, they found out
how to make their own fires, they
grabbed a sick and a stone and rubbed
them together creating sparks and heat,
soon there will be a fire.(13)
Ceremonies and Religion
• Scientists think that the
Homo Erectus people
had no religion.
Scientists believe since
Homo Erectus people
drew and carved babies
being born and babies
with their parents that
Homo Erectus might
have had some
ceremonies. (14)
Transportation
• Homo Erectus people
had to walk on their
bare feet. Some people
have heard that people
from the time of Home
Erectus rode dinosaurs,
but they did not! (15)
Development of Language
• Scientists don’t know
exactly how Homo Erectus
people communicated or if
they used hand gestures.
Some scientists say Homo
Erectus people spoke and
some scientists even say they
had better ways of
communicating than we
do.(16)
Clothing
• Homo Erectus made their
own clothing by skinning
animals. Homo Erectus
men and woman used the
skin to cover their body
parts. They used strips
of leather to stitch the
animal skin together.
(17)
Art and Carvings
• Scientists believe that Homo
Erectus people may have had
art and carvings. Scientists
also believe that the people
carved and made their art
about ceremonies of babies
being born. Scientists believe
these ceremonies and pictures
of babies with their parents
was supposed to inspire people
to have children. (18)
Homo Erectus Interesting Facts
• Homo Erectus was also called
“upright man.” (19)
• Fossils of Homo Erectus were
discovered in far away places, such
as China and also the island of
Java.(20)
• Homo Erectus had larger brains
than Homo Habilis.(21)
• Homo Habilis evolved into the first
people called Homo Erectus. Their
bodies were much like ours, but
they had ape-like faces.(22)
Questions
1) Homo Erectus people were the first ones to create fire. How did they
discover to make fire?!
A)Natural Ways B)Fire Sticks C)Sticks and Stones D)All of the Above
2) Homo Erectus people had many tools, such as, hand axes, fire sticks, and
rocks. What did they use these tools for?!
A)Cut Meat
B)Dig C)Make Fires D)All of the Above
3) Homo Erectus people had a nickname given to them for their straight
backs and being the first group to not slouch. What was their nickname?!
A)Upright Man B)Straight Back Man C)Long Back Man D)Non-Slouch
Man
Answers
1) C Sticks and Stones
2) D All of the Above
3) A Upright Man
How to Learn More about Homo
Erectus?!
• How do you learn more about Homo
Erectus people?! You learn more by going
on the websites as seen in the bibliography
(on page two!) We hope you want to learn
more!!!
Conclusion
• Did you learn a lot about Homo Erectus
people?! How was your day with them?! It
was a hard life of survival, right?! We hope
you had fun and you want to learn more!
Endnotes
1) http://www.stanford.edu/~harryg/protected/chp22.htm
2) Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill
3) Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill
4) http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0010-homo-erectus.php and Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
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Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill
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Homo Erectus packet
8)
Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill and Homo Erectus packet
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Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill and Homo Erectus packet
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Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill and Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
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A Day with Homo Erectus (book) by Fiorenzo Facchini pages 38 and 39
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Believes that people had and the slide show that Mr.Donns Early Humans company made it said that people did not
live when dinosaur lived!
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http://www.stanford.edu/~harryg/protected/chp22.htm
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http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0010-homo-erectus.php
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A Day with Homo Erectus (book) by Fiorenzo Facchini pages 38 and 39
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Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
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Homo Erectus packet
The resources on the bibliography were to check our answers!
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26 Oct. 2010. <http://earlyhumans.mrdonn.org/lucy.html>.
"Homo Erectus Colonization in Europe - Pakefield Homo Erectus in England." About Archaeology The Study of Human History. Web. 25 Oct. 2010.
<http://archaeology.about.com/od/homoerectus/a/pakefield.htm>.
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Homo Erectus packet
Ancient Civilization (book) by Macmillan/McGraw Hill
A Day with Homo Erectus (book) by Fiorenzo Facchini