1. What is History?

2. Essential Questions 1. What is history?
2. How does a person’s history impact his future?

3. Objectives Describe life in ancient Africa and Asia.
Describe the evolution of man.
Aanalyze archaeological evidence and evaluate the impact on human life.
List inventions created by prehistoric man.

4. Definitions Evolution a process of continuous change over time History
story of man’s past based on archaeological evidence

5. History Historians look at two sources of information:
Primary Sources are written/created in the moment.
Secondary Sources are written/created long after an event has taken place.

6. Telling Time B.C. = Before Christ
A.D. = Anno Domini (In the Year of Our Lord)
c. = circa (Sometime Around)
B.C.E. = Before Common Era
C.E. = Common Era
5000 BC » 3000 BC » 1 BC » 1 AD » 1000 AD » 2009 AD

7. Stages of Man’s Evolution
Australopithecus – Southern Ape
c. 4 million years BC
appeared in Africa
walked on two legs instead of four
What benefits came from being able to walk on 2 legs instead of 4?
Homo habilis – Handy Man
c million years BC
appeared in Africa
has bigger brains, more intelligence
How did a larger brain and more intelligence benefit?

8. Stages of Man’s Evolution
Homo erectus – Upright Man
c. 1.5 million years BC
appeared in Africa
learned to make tools, hunt, gather food, make shelter, fire and communicate
spread from Africa to Asia and later to Europe.
Homo sapiens neanderthalensis – Neanderthal Man
c. 120,000 BC
appeared in Africa, Asia and Europe
first humans to bury their dead
died out in c. 33,000 BC as modern humans appear

9. Stages of Man’s Evolution
Homo sapiens sapiens – Modern Man
c. 40,000 BC
appeared in Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia
skillful tool makers and hunters
c. 13,000 BC crossed from Asia into the Americas

10. Man’s Pre-History Old Stone Age c. 2 million years ago - 10,000 BC
first stone tools are made
New Stone Age
c. 8,000 BC
created sickles and hoes
Middle Stone Age
c. 10,000 BC
created a greater variety of stone tools

11. Man’s Pre-History Copper Age Iron Age c. 5,000 BC c. 1,000 BC
begins in the Middle East
metal tools are made
Iron Age
c. 1,000 BC
iron was used for
tools
iron was stronger
than bronze
Bronze Age
c. 3,000 BC
Copper + Tin =
Bronze
stronger tools

12. Think About... 1. Describe the five evolutionary phases of man.
2. List three inventions created by prehistoric man and discuss how they impact life.
3. On what continent does archaeological evidence show where man first appeared?