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African Beginnings

African Beginnings. Take out your vocabulary sheet. What is a hominid? What was the Paleolithic Era?. Do Now. Earliest hominids may have lived in Africa between 4.5 million and 1 million years ago (australopithecines) Donald Johnson discovered “Lucy”. Early Mankind. Lucy.

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African Beginnings

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  1. African Beginnings

  2. Take out your vocabulary sheet. What is a hominid? What was the Paleolithic Era? Do Now

  3. Earliest hominids may have lived in Africa between 4.5 million and 1 million years ago (australopithecines) • Donald Johnson discovered “Lucy” Early Mankind

  4. Lucy

  5. Walked on 2 legs, leaving hands free • Some lived in forests, others lived in open grasslands • Those in the grasslands moved in search of food and perhaps ate more meat • Lead to certain advantages Australopithecines

  6. 2.5 million years ago (Africa) • Discovered by the Leakey family • Larger brain, rounder skull, face and jaw smaller • Paleolithic Era: chipped stone tools • “Handy person” Homo habilis

  7. Chipped stone tools

  8. 1.9 million years ago (Kenya) • “Upright Person” • Larger, stronger, bigger brain • Stone hand axes • Fire • Language • Migration Homo Erectus

  9. Directions: Work with your partners to list 4 characteristics of your assigned hominid. • Group 1: Australopithecines • Group 2: Homo habilis • Group 3: Homo erectus Time for Ice Cream!!

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