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Origins of Mankind and Civilization
Pre-history
 Prehistory
 The story of humankind begins about ___________ years ago…
 Prehistory:
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Prediction
 Write down three things that you believe you could not live without
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 Stone age humans had much simpler needs
– Even simple needs were hard to get
 What simple things did stone age people need to survive?
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Hominids
 The first humanlike creatures can be traced back 4.4 million years
 These are called _____________
 AnthropologyScientists
 Anthropologists Paleontologists Archaeologists Dating Early Artifacts
 Archaeologists and anthropologists have to determine when the fossils or artifacts originated
 Radio-carbon datingPrehistoric Finds
 Oldest human ancestor
– Fossils found in ________________
– Teeth, bones, skull
– __________________ years old
– These creatures would have weighed about ____ pounds, and stood ___feet tall
Prehistoric Finds
 Lucy
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____________ year old skeleton
Found in 1974 in Africa
The First Hominids
Australopithecus– “_____________________________”
Homo habilis
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Homo erectus
– “_____________________________________”
Homo sapien
– “_____________________________________”
– That’s YOU!
The Ice Ages
 _______________ long periods of cold climate
 During, only the middle latitudes of Earth were warm enough for human and animal life
 __________________ allowed for movement
Paleolithic Age
 Old Stone Age
 Began with Homo habilis making ________________ tools
 Lasted until about 12,000 BCE
 Homo habilis to Homo erectus
 Appeared in Africa 1.8 million years ago
Early Humans were Hunter-Gatherers
 What does it mean to be a hunter-gatherer?
– Mostly _______________ for the majority of their food
– Captured ____________
– Gathered nuts, berries, and other ___________________________ food to add to their diets
 This lifestyle forced humans to move often in order to find food
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– Constantly tracking herds of animals
 Used animals for ________, clothing, making homes and even _______ from their bones
Homo erectus
 Hunter-gatherer society
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 Nomadic
 Gestures and grunts… led to ___________________________________
Homo sapiens
 Neanderthals
– 100,000 years ago
– Nomadic, hunter-gatherers
– Better tools
– Advanced culture
 Cro-Magnons
– Improved technology
– Social life
Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural Revolution–
Causes: raising temperatures and climate change, high supply of grain, crops provided a steady
source of food
 Farming Methods
– Slash and burn farming:
– Domestication of animals:
 Locations
– Africa
– China
– Mexico and Central America
– Peru tomatoes, sweet potatoes, white potatoes
– Neolithic Revolution
 Neolithic Revolution advances lead to the ______________________________!
Make Your Own Cave Painting
 It’s time to create some cave art of your own!
 Using a piece of led from a mechanical pencil use the space provided to draw a beautiful picture or event.