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Early Hominids

Early Hominids. Paleolithic and Neolithic Age. Hunters and Gatherers. Hunt for meat, fish Bare hands, sticks, stones Gathered Fruit, nuts, berries and eggs. Tools & Fire.

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Early Hominids

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  1. Early Hominids Paleolithic and Neolithic Age

  2. Hunters and Gatherers • Hunt for meat, fish • Bare hands, sticks, stones • Gathered • Fruit, nuts, berries and eggs

  3. Tools & Fire 1. Hand axe (700,000 years old), 2. Modern replica hand axe, 3. Scarper (100,000 years old), 4. Pebble tool (1.8 million years old), 5. Modern Ethnographic spear. • Olduvan pebble tools • Oldest stone tools • Flakes (chips of stone used as knives) • Fire • heat, light and to cook food

  4. Shelter & Clothing • Shelter • Pits, overhanging rock and caves • Clothing • Animal skins • Colder climates

  5. Language • Pointing, hand signals • Attach meaning to specific sounds • Allowed people to work together • Share ideas, beliefs and stories

  6. Oldest Hominids Found to Date • “Ardi” – Found in 2009! • Australopiticus Ardipithicus • 4.4 million years old from Ethiopia (east Africa in the Great Rift Valley) • Discovery Channel Link http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/ardipithecus/ardipithecus.html?siclientid=3578&sitrackingid=100545054&campaign=MSN|ardi+news|M_Ardipithecus+-+News|MSN+DA+-+Ardipithecus+-+General&siadid=156328311

  7. “Lucy” (in the Sky with Diamonds) – The Beatles • Australopithecus Afarensis • 3.2 million years old – discovered 1974 in Ethiopia.

  8. “Dad, I found a fossil!”  • Australopithecus Sediba • 1.9 Million years old • Found in South Africa • Discovered in 2010 by a 9 year old boy! • A possible ancestor of Homo erectus, an immediate predecessor to Homo sapiens, or a close “side branch” that did not lead to modern humans.

  9. Early Humans • Homo Habilis • Skilled man • Homo Erectus • Walks upright • Homo Sapiens • Thinking man • Two kinds • Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon

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