THE FIRST HUMANS DO NOW: How do we know people lived thousands of years ago??

OwlTeacher.com Human Origins Scientists do not all agree about the story of human beginnings. One generally accepted theory is that hominids were the first humans, dating back 4.4 million years. These hominids are known as Australopithecus.

Homo is a Latin word used by scientists which means “human”. They use this word to name later humans as well.

OwlTeacher.com Scientists divide Homo into 3 categories of species: Homo habilus - “person with ability”  lived until about 1.5 million years ago  Oldest people to create tools Homo erectus - “person who walks upright”  First appeared in Africa around 1.5 million years ago; Lived until 150,000 years ago  Learned to make fire Homo sapiens - “person who thinks”  First appeared around 200,000 years ago in Africa  Neanderthals and Homo sapiens sapiens descend from this link

TRACING THE MIGRATION (MOVEMENT) OF EARLY HUMANS ACCORDING TO THE MAP, WHERE DID EARLY HUMANS ORIGINATE? AFRICA

The study of past societies through analysis of what people left behind (artifacts). The study of human life and culture. Archaeology – Anthropology -

LOUIS & MARY LEAKEY ( ) - Kenyan archaeologists who began looking for early human remains in East Africa. They found many tools, bones & other artifacts. DONALD JOHANSON - (1974) archaeologist who found “Lucy”, a part of an early human skeleton in Ethiopia