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Evolution of Early Humans and Stone Age Societies

Explore the journey of early humans from Africa to different lands, their adaptation to the Stone Age, and the tools and technologies they developed. Discover the origins of modern humans, spread around the world, and their cultural evolution.

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Evolution of Early Humans and Stone Age Societies

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  1. World History Chapter One I. The First People

  2. Reading Exercise • Tools and technology • Clothing and Shelter • Stone Age societies • Language, Art, and Religion • Work in pairs to list all the facts they can find in the text and place them under the appropriate headings

  3. Main Idea • Scientific evidence suggests that modern humans spread from Africa to other lands and gradually developed ways to adopt tot their environment. • Lucy

  4. Objectives • What methods are used to study the distant past? • What does evidence suggest about human origins? • How did early people spread around the world? • How did early people adapt to life in the Stone age?

  5. A) Studying the Distant Past • Prehistory • Anthropology – fossils and cultures • Culture – society’s knowledge, art, beliefs, customs, and values • Artifacts – are objects that people in the past made or used, such as coins, pottery, and tools.

  6. B) Human Origins • Anthropologists: study the skeletal remains of human beings • Mary and Louis Leakey • 1959 discovered a skull named the Nutcracker Man – Australopithecine (1.75mil) • Hominid – early humanlike beings that walked upright • 1974, Donald Johanson finds “Lucy” (3mil) • 1959, Leakey find Homo Habilis – (2.4) teeth and hands – used tools • Modern Humans called Homo Sapiens – Wise man – brain and speech organs • Archaeologists: excavate ancient settlements and study artifacts

  7. C) Spreading Around the World • Ice Age 1.6 mil helped spread humans – water level • Homo Sapiens out of Africa 100,000 years ago • 11,000 years ago reached North America • Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons – humans?

  8. Great Civilization theory • Atlantis? • Pyramids? • Dragons? Quetzalcoatl(Aztecs) feathered snake? • Where are their artifacts and cities? • How did people get to North America?

  9. The Stone Age • Paleolithic – Old Stone Age – 2.5-10,000 year ago • Nomads – people who moved from place to place following migrating animals • Hunter-gatherers – • Men hunted – women gathered • Attached wood to stone – spear • Then string, boats, needles, shelters • Societies formed, culture, language, and religion • Cave paintings – teach, tell, record, religion • Animism – belief in nature spirits • Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon buried their dead with food and objects

  10. Review • How do scientists learn about prehistory? • How did the ice age influence early human migration? • How did Stone Age people use technology to adapt and survive?

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