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Warm-Up 10/4/12. Write this in your planner! Quiz: Tuesday 10/9 Your quiz will be on the information we have learned about PREHISTORY. We will take more notes today, and Monday we will review. Early Man and the Stone Age. 6 th Grade Social Studies Piedmont Middle School. Early Humans.
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Warm-Up 10/4/12 • Write this in your planner! • Quiz: Tuesday 10/9 • Your quiz will be on the information we have learned about PREHISTORY. We will take more notes today, and Monday we will review.
Early Man and the Stone Age 6th Grade Social Studies Piedmont Middle School
Early Humans • Originated in Africa • Hominids = Walk upright • The first man-like creatures • 4.5 million years ago
Early Humans • Homo Habilis • 2.5 million years ago • Used stone tools
Early Humans • Homo Erectus • 1.6 million years ago • Means “upright man”
Early Humans • Homo Sapiens • 400,000 years ago • Large-brained During the last ice age between 100,000 B.C. and 8000 B.C. the water level in the oceans dropped revealing a land bridge over the Bering Strait connecting Asia and North America
The Stone Age • Paleolithic Age (500,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago) • Hunter-gatherers that moved from place to place • The climate began to get warmer • Made and used flint tools
The Stone Age • Mesolithic Age (10,000 years ago to 8,000 years ago) • Climate continued to get warmer • The microlith was invented- A small triangular shaped blade of stone used in knives and spears • Other inventions: boats from hollowed logs, the bow and arrow, fishing nets and hooks
The Stone Age • Neolithic Revolution (8,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago) • Agriculture: People learned how to plant and harvest crops • People began to live in cities and towns • The first governments were formed • People began to use metals, leading to the end of the Stone Age