THE STONE AGE AND EARLY CULTURES
THE FIRST PEOPLE
KEY TERMS HISTORIANS CALL THE TIME BEFORE THERE WAS WRITING PREHISTORY. HOMINID IS AN EARLY ANCESTOR OF HUMANS. ANCESTOR IS A RELATIVE WHO LIVED IN THE PAST.
MORE KEY TERMS A TOOL IS ANY HANDHELD ODJECT THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO HELP A PERSON ACCOMPLISH A TASK. THE FIRST PART OF THE STONE AGE IS CALLED THE PALEOLITHIC ERA,OR OLD STONE AGE. A SOCIETY IS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON CULTURE.
EVEN MORE KEY TERMS HUNTER GATHERERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HUNT ANIMALS AND GATHER WILD PLANTS,SEEDS,FRUITS,AND NUTS TO SURVIVE.
REMAINS OF EARLY PEOPLE SCIENTISTS STUDY THE REMAINS OF EARLY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE BOOKS BACK THEN SO ALL THAT SCIENTISTS CAN STUDY TODAY IS THE REMAINS OF THE PEOPLE.
EARLY HOMINIDS AUSTRALOPITHECUSHOMO HABILISHOMO ERECTUSHOMO SAPIENS NAME MEANS SOUTHERN APENAME MEANS HANDY MANNAME MEANS UPRIGHT MANNAME MEANS WISE MAN APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT 4-5 MILLION YEARS AGO APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT 2.4 MILLION YEARS AGO APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT MILLION YEARS AGO APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT 200,000 YEARS AGO STOOD UPRIGHT AND WALKED ON TWO LEGS USED EARLY STONE TOOLS FOR CHOPPING AND SCRAPING USED EARLY TOOLS LIKE THE HAND AX MIGRATED AROUND THE WORLD BRAIN WAS ABOUT ONE-THIRD THE SIZE OF MODERN HUMANS BRAIN WAS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF MODERN HUMANS LEARNED TO CONTROL FIRE LEARNED TO CREATE FIRE AND USE A WIDE VARIETY OF TOOLS MIGRATED OUT OF AFRICA TO ASIA AND EUROPE DEVELOPED LANGUAGE
TOOLS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT EARLY PEOPLE USED WERE HAND AXES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS,TO DIG,AND TO CUT ANIMAL HIDES. ANOTHER TOOL WAS A SPEAR THAT THEY USED FOR HUNTING. THEY ALSO USED A STONE CHOPPER FOR SCRAPPING AND CHOPPING.
HUNTER GATHERERS HUNTER GATHERERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HUNT ANIMALS AND GATHER BERRIES.
HUNTER GATHERER PICTURE
LANGUAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. ART AND RELIGION WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY COULD DRAW WHAT THEY DID.
EARLY PEOPLE MIGRATION
KEY TERMS MIGRATE-TO MOVE THESE FREEZING TIMES ARE CALLED THE ICE AGES A LAND BRIDGE IS A STRIP OF LAND CONNECTING TWO CONTINENTS MESOLITHIC ERA,OR THE MIDDLE STONE AGE
WHAT WAS THE ICE AGE THE ICE AGE WAS A PERIOD OF FREEZING WEATHER.THE ICE AGE IMPACTED ON THE EARLY HUMANS BECAUSE IT WAS COLDER FOR THE PEOPLE AND HARDER FOR THE PEOPLE TO SURVIVE.
SETTLING IN NEW LANDS PEOPLE GOT FROM ASIA TO NORTH AMERICA BY A LAND BRIDGE SOME SCHOLARS BELIVE.
PICTURE OF MIGRATION MAP
ADAPTING TO NEW ENVIROMENTS PEOPLE HAD TO ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIROMENTS TO STAY ALIVE
BEGINNING OF AGRICULTURE
KEY TERMS NEOLITHIC ERA OR NEW STONE AGE THE PROCESS OF CHANGING PLANTS OR ANIMALS TO MAKE THEM MORE USEFUL TO HUMANS IS CALLED DOMESTICATION AGRICULTURE OR FARMING MEGALITHS ARE HUGE STONES USED AS MONUMENTS
THE FIRST FARMERS THE KINDS OF TOOLS THAT THEY USED IN THE NEOLITHIC ERA WERE POLISHED STONES THAT THEY MADE IN TO SAWS AND DRILLS. HISTORIANS CALL THE SHIFT FROM FOOD GATHERING TO FOOD PRODUCING THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION. THE PROCESS OF CHANGING PLANTS OR ANIMALS TO MAKE THEM MORE USEFUL TO HUMANS IS CALLED DOMESTICATION.
AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE CHANGED HUMAN SOCIETY FOREVER BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.