1. What is history? Why do we study history?

2. History – the study of the past, particularly in human affairs. Reasons for studying history… 1. 2. 3. 4.

3. How do historians know about the past?? No written records exist from the prehistory of humankind. Prehistory – the period before writing was developed.

4. Archaeology and Anthropology help us understand early humans. – Archaeology - the study of past societies through an analysis of what people left behind. – Anthropology – the study of human life and culture. Archaeologists and Anthropologists examine artifacts and fossils to see how early humans lived. – Artifact – tools, pottery, buildings, paintings, and weapons of early people. – Fossil – remains of humans. One of their most important jobs is dating their finds. Radiocarbon, Microscopic, Biological (DNA)