BY: BRENDAN, HANNAH, KENNEDY,
AND JACOB
TODAY WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE
HOMO ERECTUS. WE WILL TELL YOU
ABOUT THEIR DAILY LIFE, DATES AND
PLACES OF EXISTENCE, DESCRIPTION OF
APPEARENCE, AND MORE.YOU WILL
LEARN THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT OF
BEFORE! AFTER THIS SLIDE SHOW, YOU
WILL LOOK AT HOMO ERECTUS IN A
DIFFERENT WAY!!!!
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Homo Erectus lived about 1,600,000 to about
250,000 years ago.(1)
They lived in Africa and then migrated to Asia
and eventually to Europe.(2)
The time they migrated to Asia was
approximately 1,000,000 years ago.(3)
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Homo Erectus has more modern arm and leg
proportions, smaller jaws and a more projecting
nose than earlier hominids.(4)
Homo Erectus man was about the same size as
modern humans, although they only had twothirds the size of our brains.(5)
The average height was approximately 5’10”(6)
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Homo Erectus built huts next to an existing
natural cave that was next to the hillside.(7)
A rock cave could be made into a workshop.(8)
The cave also provided shelter in bad
weather.(9)
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Homo Erectus ate wild animals and also
plants growing in the wild.(10)
They also started to eat fruit that was
hanging on the trees.(11)
Before the Homo Erectus came, people ate
insects.(12)
Homo Erectus man was probably the first
hunter.(13)
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Homo Erectus lived in caves and were famous
hunters.(14)
They used fire a lot in their daily life.(15)
They lived in groups that ranged from 20 to 30
individuals. (16)
They were very intelligent and adapted to
their environment easily.(17)
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The Homo Erectus used hand axes and stone
tools like that used during our history.(18)
Crude choppers or hammer-stones of varying
size were the simplest tools, fitting easily into
the hand and with an edge formed by
removing flakes from either side along one face
(side of the stone).(19)
Their tool-making skills were considerably
improved.(20)
Their weapons included stone axes and
knives.(21)
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The Homo Erectus were the first to have fire.(23)
At first they made fire by natural resources, but
later learned how to make it themselves.(24)
They used it for warmth, light, and to cook
meat.(25)
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They were the first people to wear clothing.(26)
Homo Erectus made clothing out of animal
hide and tied it in knots so it wouldn’t fall
down.(27)
They used their clothing to keep warm.(28)
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The first languages spoken by Homo Erectus
likely developed around 500,000 years ago.(29)
This was a dramatic development of
mankind.(30)
Later Homo Erectus began to make grunting
sounds and gestures as their language.(31)
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Ceremonies they had were to honor marriage
or other things.(32)
To celebrate these ceremonies they dressed in
their best wearable items.(33)
In addition to marriage, Homo Erectus
celebrated friendship and birth of new
humans.(34)
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Homo Erectus painted people hunting or
people coming back from the big hunts.(35)
They also painted animals such as buffalo,
deer, and antelope.(36)
They did not carve much; they only carved
weapons and some pictures.(37)
The symbols were more like a form of
communication than art.
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1. WHY DID THE HOMO ERECTUS
MIGRATE TO ASIA THEN EUROPE?
2.WHAT WAS ONE ANIMAL THE HOMO
ERECTUS PAINTED AND WHY?
3. WHAT CHANGE IN THE BODY MADE
THE HOMO ERECTUS STAND UP RIGHT?
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1. Because of the changing landscape of the
African savanna, Homo Erectus drifted north and
east to other continents.
2. The animal Homo Erectus often painted was
antelope. They painted it because they hunted
them a lot .
3. Homo Erectus' arms were shorter than
hominids before him, which allowed him to
stand up straight.
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We learned a lot about the Homo Erectus . One
thing that we learned is that they were the first
group of early Hominids to make fire. We also
learned that their nickname was “upright” man.
We learned that they ate wild animals, such as
antelope, and wild plants, such as roots of a plant
species . We had a lot of fun learning about
Homo Erectus, and we learned a lot!!!!!
1) “Homo Erectus,” http://www.earlyhumans.mrdonn.org.
2)Ibid.
3)Ibid.
4)Ibid.
5)”Homo Erectus,” http://www.Kidspast.com.
6)Ibid.
7) Mrdonn.org.
8)Ibid.
9)Ibid.
10)Kidspast.com.
11)”Homo Erectus,” http://Stanford.edu/homoerectus.com.
12)Ibid.
13)Ibid.
14)Ibid.
15)Ibid.
16)Ibid.
17)Ibid.
18)Idid.
19)Kidspast.com.
20)Ibid.
21)Ibid.
22)Ibid.
23) Stanford.edu/homoerectus.com.
24)Ibid.
25)Ibid.
26)Ibid.
27)Ibid.
28)Ibid.
29)Ibid.
30)Mrdonn.org.
31)Ibid.
32)Ibid .
33)Ibid.
34)Kidspast.com.
35)Ibid.
36)Stanford.edu/homoerectus.com
37)Ibid.
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