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Homework . Complete H.W. #5 on the assignment sheet for Monday. Aim: What were the earliest humans like?.

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  1. Homework • Complete H.W. #5 on the assignment sheet for Monday

  2. Aim: What were the earliest humans like? • Do Now: Future historians will want to look back and know what life was like in the 21st century. What three items would you leave to give them an understanding of what youth/teen culture was like during your generation, and why?

  3. I. Prehistory = Period of time before written records existed (before writing was invented)

  4. A. Sources of prehistorical knowledge: 1. Archaeologist: A person who digs up and studies artifacts (remains of human made objects – tools, jewelry, weapons). 2. Anthropologist: A person who uses artifacts to try to explain what prehistoric cultures were like.

  5. A. Sources of prehistorical knowledge: 3. Paleontologist: A person who studies fossils (remains of living organisms – bones, plant tissues).

  6. A. Sources of prehistorical knowledge: 4. Scientific Dating Methods: Radiocarbon dating (determining how old a fossil is based on the amount of carbon it has in it).

  7. Australopithecines (4 million to 1 million B.C.) • “Lucy-” Earliest hominid (human-like being) found to date.

  8. Australopithecines (4 million to 1 million B.C.) • Found in southern and eastern Africa • Brain size: 500 cm³ (orange) • Walked upright • Designed early stone tools

  9. Homo HabilisMeans: “Man of Skill”2.5 million to 1.5 million B.C. • First to make stone tools

  10. Homo Erectus Means: “Upright Man” (1.6 million to 300,000 B.C.) • Migration: • Brain size = 1000 cm³ • Used larger, more advanced tools • First to use: • May have developed the beginning of spoken language

  11. Concluding Question • Would you consider Homo Erectus to be human? Why or why not?

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