1. Pre-history: Early Humans
World History
Mr. Williams-Clark

2. Age of the cave men

3. The Land Before Time…
There was a supercontinent known today as Pangaea
It came together about 300 million years ago and broke apart about 175 million years ago.
The first evidence of hominids (humans) was in East Africa.

4. The Paleolithic Age
VOCAB: PALEOLITHIC – relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age
People used stone to make tools
In Greek Paleolithic means “old stone”
Lasted from 2.5 million years ago to circa 8000 B.C.E.

5. Out of Africa Migration
The earliest humans came from this part of Africa and then migrated around the world.
Humans migrated around the world, mixing cultures and causing CULTURAL DIFFUSION
The skeleton remains of Lucy, the oldest hominin remains.

6. Cultural Diffusion the spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another due to increased population.
Apple Pie
German
England
Chinese
Scotland

7. The American Language and it’s Cultural Diffusion
Japanese
Karaoke, Karate, Ninja
French
Café; small restaurant
café = coffee
German kindergarten = children’s garden

8. Surviving the Paleolithic Age
VOCAB: NOMADS – people who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves
Traveled in groups of members.
Survived by hunting and gathering
The first families were smaller groups that worked together to survive.

9. Finding Food Men hunted large animals
Men used clubs or drove animals off cliffs to kill them.
Women stayed close to camp, located near a stream or water
They looked after children
Searched in nearby woods for berries, nuts and grains

10. The Invention of Tools
VOCAB: TECHNOLOGY – tools and methods to perform tasks (*make tasks easier)
Sticks, stones and tree branches served as 1st tools; Later, people made devices from flint, a hard stone
Over time made better tools like spears and bows and arrows to kill large animals easier
By the end of Paleolithic Age people made smaller & sharper tools, i.e., needles from animal bones.

11. Early Humans Cro-Magnon – First modern human (homo sapiens)
Neanderthal – early human that were closely related to modern humans; became extinct about 40,000 years ago.
Cro-Magnon was robustly built and had a straight forehead; Neanderthals were shorter with sloping foreheads.

12. Human Migration Out of Africa

13. Guiding Questions
Climate – the weather of a certain area over a period of time.
What was life like during the Paleolithic Age?
What would you eat?
How would you know if something was safe to eat or not?

14. Fire Sparks Changes
Produced fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together
Discovered iron pyrite sparks when struck against rocks.
Provided light when it was dark,
warmth in the cold
Helped chase away animals
Cooked food was possible and food tasted better
Iron pyrite, also known as fool’s gold
Homo erectus was the first humans to manipulate fire.

15. Changing to Survive Climate affected how Paleolithic people lived.
Types of shelter
caves and rock overhangs
tents and huts from animal skin, brush and wood.
Used woolly mammoth bones to build frames for shelter
People in warmer climates needed little clothing or shelter. People in colder climates need more clothing and better shelter.

16. Language and Art Words were invented during the Paleolithic Age.
Before Paleolithic Age, people communicated with sounds and physical gestures
New technology and more complicated experiences required new words
People expressed themselves through art by painting on the walls of caves.
Used crushed yellow, black, and red rocks combined w/ animal fat to make paint
Painted scenes of lions, oxen, panthers, horses, boars, bison, deer and other animals.

17. The Ice Ages
The Ice Ages were long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth.
The most recent Ice Age was about 100,000 years ago
Thick sheets of ice moved across large parts of Europe and North America.
Ocean water levels lowered & exposed a strip of dry land connecting the continents Asia and North America

18. How Ice Ages Affected Humans
Humans had to adapt to the extreme cold for many areas of their lives.
They adapted their diets by enriching meals with fat.
They built sturdier shelter
Learned to make warm clothing using animal furs.
Paleolithic people used fire to help them stay warm in the icy environment.
The last ice age lasted from about 90,000 years ago to about 9000 to 8000 BCE