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Bell-Ringer 9/18

Bell-Ringer 9/18. What do you know about the earliest known humans? Please take out 5 notecards. Unit #2 - Ancient Civilizations. Please take out 5 notecards Big Question : How did it all begin?. Vocabulary. Artifacts

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Bell-Ringer 9/18

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  1. Bell-Ringer 9/18 • What do you know about the earliest known humans? • Please take out 5 notecards

  2. Unit #2 - Ancient Civilizations • Please take out 5 notecards • Big Question: • How did it all begin?

  3. Vocabulary • Artifacts • a simple object (such as a tool or weapon) that was made by people in the past • The caves in France being explored by archeologists contained many prehistoric artifacts such as pottery and weapons.

  4. Hominid • a term used for humans and any species of two-footed animals we are most closely evolved from • There was a time when it was thought only humans were hominids, but it is now believed we are closely related to the great ape, along with chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans!

  5. Paleolithic Age • Part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,000BC and lasting until about 8,500 BC. It was a prehistoric time when man first developed stone tools • In the Paleolithic Era, man used stone as a weapon to hunt the Wooly Mammoth.

  6. Neolithic Age • The 2nd part of the Stone Age when people created better tools, discovered metal and settled down into farming communities. • During the Neolithic Age, people discovered farming which gave them the ability to settle down in one place creating villages and societies

  7. Homosapiens • a term used for modern humans (from Latin: homo "human being" and sapiens "wise, intelligent") • All people are members of Homo sapiens…for now!

  8. Pre – History (prehistoric) • Before the invention of writing – 5000 years ago • So, what do you use to learn about this past? • Scientific clues

  9. Early Footprints • Mary Leaky – Scientific expedition in Tanzinia, East Africa • 1978 – pre-historic footprints, resembled humans • Determined footprints were made by humanlike creature

  10. Early Footprints • 1,000 miles north in Ethiopia • Female adult hominid skeleton was found • Nicknamed Lucy

  11. Hominids Walk Upright • Lucy was a species of Australopithecines • Walked upright • Traveled long distances • Spot threatening animals • Carry food & children • Developed opposable thumb – crucial for picking up small objects, making tools

  12. Old Stone Age Begins • Pre-Historic era • Amazing feats • Invention of tools, mastery over fire, development of language

  13. New Hominids in East Africa 1. 1.6 Million y/o fossil in east Africa 2. Fossil named Homo Erectus “Upright Man” 3. Became skillful hunters & invented sophisticated tools for digging, cutting, scraping. 4. 1sthominids to migrate out of Africa. - Fossils show H.E. made toosl found in India, China, SE Asia, Europe 2.5 Million y/o fossil found in N. Tanzania 2. Fossil named Homo Habilis “Man of Skill” 3. Found tools made of lava rock – used to cut meat, crack bones, make survival easier

  14. (1) Which geographic characteristics of East Africa may have helped preserve hominid remains? • (2) why were the discoveries of hominid footprints and Lucy important? • (3) How did homo erectus use fire to adapt to the environment

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