1. Human Origins in Africa
Chapter 1
Section 1

2. Warm-Up ( Enter room quietly) Define Key Terms
Culture
Neolithic Age
Technology
Homo Sapiens

3. Scientists Search for Human Origins
Prehistory years ago
Artifacts- are human made objects such as jewelry and tools
Culture-people’s unique way of life

4. Scientists Archeologist-uncover stories of prehistoric people
Anthropologists-study people’s culture
Paleontologist- study fossils in rocks

5. Early Man Hominids- humans and other creatures that walk upright
Lucy- female skeleton 3.5 million years old
Footprints in Africa 3.6 million years old

6. Old Stone Age Begins Paleolithic Age- 2.5 million to 8000 BC
Oldest stone chopping tools
Neolithic Age to 3000 BC
Polish stone tools
Make pottery
Grow crops/raise animals

7. Homo Habilis 2.5 million years ago
Found in southern and eastern Africa
Means man of skill
Used tools

8. Homo Erectus Means “upright man” Knowledge of tools Skillful hunters
Tools for digging, scraping and cutting
First to migrate out of Africa
First to use fire
Language

9. Homo Sapiens Means “wise man” Neanderthal man- 200,000 to 30,000
Religious beliefs, rituals
Lived in caves
Cut up and skinned prey
Survived ice age
Flute 43,000 to 80,000 years
Cave painting 35,000 years

10. Homo Sapiens Cro-Magnon 40,000 years ago Identical to modern humans
5 feet tall
Migrated to Europe and Asia
Hunting strategies
Spoken language

11. Cave Paintings Argentina

12. Cave Painting Tassili n’Ajer, Algeria

13. Cave Painting Lascaux, France

14. Cave Paintings Appear in France (Europe) Algeria (Africa)
Argentina (South America)
Australia
All show features of humans or animals or both
Three basic colors, yellow, black, red