Prehistory
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Evolution
Creation
Creationist’s Time Line
6000 YA
4400
(4000 BC)
years ago
Creation
Flood
Jesus’
Birth
Evolutionist’s Time Line
20,000,000,000 Years Ago
Big Bang
2000
• 4,000,000 B.C. (Africa) Early hominids appear
• 2,500,000 B.C. Paleolithic Age begins
• 1,600,000 B.C. (Africa, Asia, Europe) Homo erectus appears
• 200,000 B.C. (Europe, Southwest Asia) Neanderthals appear
• 40,000 B.C. (Europe) Cro-Magnons appear
• 8000 B.C. Last Ice Age end; Neolithic Age begins
• 8000 B.C. (Africa, Asia) Agriculture begins
• Life in early
hunter-gatherer
societies was
shaped by their
physical
environment.
• Homo sapiens emerged in east Africa
between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago.
• Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to
•Eurasia,
•Australia,
•and the Americas.
• Early humans were hunters and gatherers
whose survival depended on the
availability of wild plants and animals.
• Early human societies, through the
development of culture, began the process
of overcoming the limits set by the
physical environment.
• Hunter-gatherer societies during the Paleolithic Era
(Old Stone Age):
• were nomadic, migrating in search of food, water,
shelter
• invented the first tools, including simple weapons
• learned how to make and use fire
• lived in clans
• developed oral (spoken) language
• created “cave art.”
• The beginning of agriculture, including
permanent settlements, was a major
step in the advance of civilization.
• How did the beginning of
agriculture and the domestication
of animals promote the rise of
settled communities?
• Societies during the
Neolithic Era (New
Stone Age)
• developed agriculture
(domesticated plants)
• domesticated animals
• used advanced tools
• made pottery
• developed weaving
skills.
• study past cultures by
• locating and analyzing human remains,
• settlements, fossils,
• and artifacts.
• apply scientific
tests, such as carbon dating,
to analyze fossils
and artifacts.
• Stonehenge is an
example of an
archaeological site in
England that was
begun during the
Neolithic Age and
completed during the
Bronze Age.
• Aleppo and Jericho are examples of
early cities in the Fertile Crescent studied
by archaeologists.
• Çatalhöyük is an example of a Neolithic
settlement currently under excavation in
Anatolia.
From where does man originate?
How many years ago did man begin to move out of Africa to other areas?
1. Domestication
2. Hominid
3. Homo sapiens
4. Carbon-dating
5. Agriculture
6. Prehistory
a) Farming
b) Name for modern man
c) Taming of animals for human
use
d) Period before written records
were kept
e) “Human-like” creature
f)
Test used to determine the
age of fossils
The objects identified in the picture
would most likely come from which
period of time?
A Paleolithic period
B Iron Age
C Neolithic period
D Bronze Age
The typical hunter−gathering societies are best described as —
A large cities with unlimited resources
B moderate numbers of people living in permanent villages
C large numbers of people living in small villages
D small nomadic bands of people
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Paleolithic
period?
F Spoken language
G Villages
H Hunting −gathering
J Small clans
A hunter−gatherer society would most likely develop in an
area —
A near an ocean
B with many raw materials
C where animals are plentiful
D near cities
Which of the following statements about the Neolithic period is
not true?
F It began with the Agricultural Revolution.
G During this period, domesticated animals were a part of
village life.
H It was the longest period of Prehistory.
J During this period, man became food producers rather
than food gatherers.
Which of the following events occurred last?
A Development of oral language
B Control of fire
C Invention of the wheel
D Hunting and gathering
Any object shaped by human hands is referred to as —
F a bone
G an artifact
H a fossil
J a tool