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Uncovering Early Human Lives: Paleolithic to Neolithic Eras

Explore the lives of early humans through physical geography, hunter-gatherer societies, agriculture, and archaeology. Learn about Homo sapiens, inventions, and the evolution of human civilization.

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Uncovering Early Human Lives: Paleolithic to Neolithic Eras

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  1. What do you know? • What do you already know about the lives of early humans? • Where did they come from? • How did they meet their basic needs for survival? • What kinds of developments did they make? • How did they express themselves? • How do we know the answers to these questions?

  2. Paleolithic Era Neolithic Era Starting about 400,000 years ago…

  3. Questions we will answer: • How did physical geography influence the lives of early humans? • What were the characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies? • How did the beginning of agriculture and the domestication of animals promote the rise of settled communities? • How does archaeology provide knowledge of early human life and its changes?

  4. Beginning of Man • 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.

  5. Hunter-Gatherer Society • Were nomadic(migrated 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 language • Created “cave art”

  6. Paleolithic Inventions/Innovations

  7. Societies during the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) • Developed agriculture (domesticated plants) • Domesticated animals • Used advanced tools • Made pottery • Developed weaving skills • Created PICTOGRAMS: First form of written communication

  8. Archaeology • Archaeologists study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts. • Archaeologists 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 and completed during the Bronze Age.

  9. Stonehenge

  10. What do we know? • Hunter-gatherer life was shaped by the environment. • Early humans began the process of overcoming their environment. • The beginning of agriculture and permanent settlements were big steps in the advance of civilization. • Archaeologists continue to find and interpret evidence of early humans and how they lived.

  11. Warm-Up • Hunter-gatherer life was shaped by ________________. • How did early humans begin the process of overcoming their environment? • The beginning of ___________ led to permanent settlements and was a big step in the advance of civilization. • Explain what ARCHAEOLOGISTS do. How do they do this?

  12. Evolution of Humans Over Time • http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Paleontology/Paleozoology/FossilHominids/ChartHumanEvolution/ChartHumanEvolution.htm

  13. How do we know? Carbon Dating!!

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