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Early Human Beings

Early Human Beings. The Big Bang Around 13.7 billion years ago. Huge explosion created everything there is in the universe, all energy that will ever exist. The Big Bang created galaxies, stars and planets, including our own, Earth. Earth. Created around 4.5 billion years ago

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Early Human Beings

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  1. Early Human Beings

  2. The Big Bang Around 13.7 billion years ago • Huge explosion created everything there is in the universe, all energy that will ever exist. • The Big Bang created galaxies, stars and planets, including our own, Earth

  3. Earth • Created around 4.5 billion years ago • Earth’s conditions allowed for life to develop • Around 3.5 billion years ago, first living organisms start to develop (single-cell organisms) • 65 million years ago: Dinosaurs become extinct due to an asteroid hitting Earth.

  4. Early Human Beings – Paleolithic Era • Early human beings were hunter-gatherers. • Hunted small animals and gathered plants. • Life was harsh and short. • 2.5 million years ago – 10,000 years ago: • Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) • Humans start using stone tools (2.5 million years ago) • Sharper stone blades would serve as weapons • Hunted larger animals

  5. Early Human Beings • Use of Fire • Light, cook meals, scare animals • Made it possible to live in different climates, colder areas • Early hunter-gatherers lived in small groups, or bands • 10-12 people and their children • Nomadic lifestyle (moved from place to place)

  6. Surviving the Stone Age • Near the end of the Paleolithic Era, two groups of larger-brained humans appeared. • Neanderthals (disappeared around 30,000 years ago) • Homo Sapiens, or “Wise People” – Modern Human Beings

  7. Migration of Early Human Beings • Two main theories for this migration: • “out of Africa”: Around 100,000 years ago, homo sapiens migrated out of Africa and slowly replaced other groups they encountered throughout the world. • Multiregional model: Development of modern humans occurred in different locations in Africa, Asia, and Europe at different times.

  8. Migration of Early Human Beings

  9. Surviving the Ice Age – The End of the Paleolithic Era • Adaptation to the world’s climate • Building of new shelters • Forming larger communities to hunt and defend themselves • Clans: 25-50 people with leaders. • Artwork developed in caves • Horses, bison, bulls, etc. • New Religious beliefs and practices • Burial Practices (ex. People buried with necklaces) • Believed natural world was filled with spirits (animism)

  10. The Last Ice Age

  11. The Stone Age

  12. Think: What could be some of the consequences of farming?

  13. What are some of the consequences of farming? Pros Cons Produced more food and required less land than hunting More people were able to build permanent settlements Provided new sources of material for clothing Planting crops and herding animals took a great deal of time Farming was uncertain. If crops failed, families could starve Nomads sometimes attacked villages to steal food. Clearing areas for farming could lead to deforestation, clearing an area of trees

  14. The Effects of Farming

  15. Catalhoyuk • One of the world’s very first permanent settlements • Populated more than 8,000 years ago • Located in what is now Turkey • Population of approximately 6,500 people • 1,000 dwellings crammed together • No need for complex government • No streets – people climbed out through ladders in their ceilings • Supported by agriculture and animal domestication • Barley, peas, wheat • Cattle, sheep

  16. Catalhoyuk Typical Catal Huyuk interior (restoration).

  17. What would be the pros and cons of living in a settled community? Pros Cons

  18. Why Live in a Settled Community?

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