1. Early Man

2. Archaeology
Archaeology is the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, fossils, settlements, and other such remains.

3. And…
Carbon dating!
Archaeologists measure the amount of carbon 14 (14C) remaining in artifacts or fossils. The amount remaining tells the age of the item.

4. What, more than anything else…
Shaped the lives of early humans?
Their physical environment and the availability of food

5. Map of early humans Travels of Early Humans in Africa
Humankind began in Africa and from there travelled to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas

6. Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) 2 million B.C.E. - 10,000 B.C.E.
Hunting & gathering societies
Nomads- people who travel from place to place in constant search of food and water
People traveled in small groups
Simple tools/weapons made of stone, bone & wood
Use of clothes & fire
Cave paintings found of animals
Animism- religion which involves worship of spirits in nature

7. What were Character-istics of Early Man?
Several Phases through many years
Hominids

8. Hominids
Australopithecines
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Homo Sapien

9. Hominids
Walked upright
Opposable thumb

10. Time Period and Location
Australopithecus
Time Period and Location
4 million to 1 million BCE
Primarily found in East Africa

11. Capabilities and Skills
Appearance
Brain 1/3 size of modern humans 
Long arms, but humanlike legs.
Capabilities and Skills
Bipedal: walked on two feet
Small social groups
Nomadic: traveled from place to place in search of food

14. Homo habilis
Time Period and Location
million BCE
Africa

15. Capabilities and Skills
Appearance
Face like Australopithecus, but larger brain
Apelike arms
Capabilities and Skills
Scavenger: gathered plants and ate meat
First to use stone tools

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17. Time Period and Location
Homo erectus
Time Period and Location
1.6 million- 30,000 BCE
Asia, Africa, perhaps Europe

18. fi Appearance Capabilities and Skills Large brain Fully upright stance
Developed new ways of using tools
Digging, scraping
First group to use FIRE
First to create spoken language

20. Homo sapiens neanderthalensis (Neanderthals)
Time Period and Location
100,000 to 400,000 yrs ago
Africa, Europe, western Asia and the Near East

21. Capabilities and skills
Appearance
Brain larger than modern humans
Stocky and short-limbed
Capabilities and skills
Hunters and gatherers
Sophisticated tools (stone knives, spears)
Fire for protection and cooking
Burials for the dead
Nomadic

23. Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnons)
Time Period and Location
100,000 yrs ago to the present
Over time, found all around the world

24. Appearance Skills Large brain Relatively slender bones
Hunters and gatherers
Men: meat
Women: berries
Advanced tools using bone, antler, and ivy
Nomadic
Cave paintings

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27. Old Stone Age Known as the Paleolithic Age Nomads
Hunters and Gatherers

28. New Stone Age Known as the Neolithic Age 8000 to 3000 BCE Agriculture
Domestication of Animals

29. Major Advancement
BIRTH OF FARMING VIDEO
What major advancement by man led to the advancement of civilization?
Settled agriculture
How did it happen?
Warmer climates led to more crop growth
Why did it help man?
Agriculture led to permanent settlements