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1 Studying the Distant Past

2 Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past

3 Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans? Archaeologists study things that people left behind They dig up old campsites and settlements to find artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons. They study fossils of people who lived millions of years ago

4 How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans?
Archaeologists study things that people left behind They dig up old campsites and settlements to find artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons. They study fossils of people who lived millions of years ago

5 Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans? Archaeologists study things that people left behind They dig up old campsites and settlements to find artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons. They study fossils of people who lived millions of years ago. Fossils are the remains or imprints of living things Fossils are formed from the harder parts of living things such as bones, teeth, or woody stems. What are fossils?

6 What are fossils? Fossils are the remains or imprints of living things
Fossils are formed from the harder parts of living things such as bones, teeth, or woody stems.

7 Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans? Archaeologists study things that people left behind They dig up old campsites and settlements to find artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons. They study fossils of people who lived millions of years ago. Fossils are the remains or imprints of living things. Fossils are formed from the harder parts of living things such as bones, teeth, or woody stems. What are fossils? Archaeologists who discovered 1.75 million year old human fossils at a place called Olduvai Gorge in East Africa As a result, scientists focused their search for the origins of humans in Africa. Who were Mary and Louis Leakey?

8 Who were Mary and Louis Leakey?
Archaeologists who discovered 1.75 million year old human fossils at a place called Olduvai Gorge in East Africa. As a result, scientists focused their search for the origins of humans in Africa.


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