1. History’s and Humanity’s Beginnings
History begins in “____.”
Time before people developed writing
The earliest humanlike creatures emerged in “____.”

2. What are the earliest humanlike creatures?
_________:
Appeared in _____ 4.4 million years ago.
Group of human beings and the humanlike creatures that preceded them

3. __________

4. How do we know about Hominids?
Through Science!
___________: Studies _______– “What makes humans human?”

5. How else do we know about Hominids?
__________: Study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts

6. _______________ Method used to determine the age of __________.
All living things have ___________.
Using the half-life of Carbon 14, we can determine the approximate age of the specimen.

7. What do these artifacts tell you about the people that used them?
_____________
Objects made and used by humans
What do these artifacts tell you about the people that used them?

9. _____________ Ex: Lascaux, ________ – 17,300 years old (Paleolithic)
Early man ground colored minerals into powder which they probably mixed with animal fat to create paint.
For brushes they might have used moss, fur, or human hair

10. Earliest Prehistory Finds
In 1974, a 3.2 million year old hominid ______ was found and named “_____”.
First skeletal remains of an ________human.
Lucy’s bones

11. Label it!

12. What Lucy probably looked like:

13. Hominid Groups… Hominids are divided into three species: Homo-______
“Person with ability”. Lived ~2-1.5mil yrs ago.
Homo-________
“Person who walks upright.” Lived ~1.5mil yrs ago.
“Person who thinks.” Emerged 100, ,000 yrs ago in Africa.

14. But wait!...There’s more!
Homo _______
Homo  Human
Naledi  ______

15. Homo naledi

16. Impact of Geography on Early Humans
Series of _______
Long period of Cold Climates when _______ would spread out from the North and South Poles.
How do you think this impacted Hominids?

17. _______: a slowly moving mass or river of _____ formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow

18. Impact of Geography on Early Humans
>Ice Age Climate at high latitudes forced __________ towards middle latitudes.
>Forced __________ for warmth.
>Sea Levels dropped as ice was formed exposing __________ between continents.

19. Land Bridges (Ex: __________)
Label it!

20. Latitude (-) and Longitude (I)

21. Label it! Latitude (______) Longitude (________)
Latitude’s got an attitude… Longitude, So long dude!
Longitude
(________)
Label it!

22. Prime Meridian – Greenwich, UK

23. Base Group Discussion:
What is culture?
What culture(s) do you belong to?
Describe your culture(s).
How do you KNOW this is what your culture is like?

24. Rise of Culture __________________ Some evidence of culture Clothing
Language
Belief systems (Ex: religion)
Art
Literature
Music

25. AND SO HISTORY BEGINS… LET'S GO!!!

26. Focusing in on history. Let’s begin in the __________!
3.4 million years long (Ended between BCE)

27. The Stone Age Era when stone tools dominated
Divided into three sub-sets of time
_________

28. ______________ Old Stone Age (Paleo: old; Lithic: stone)
2 million years ago to 12,000 BCE.
First tools!

29. How did they live in the Paleolithic Age?
_____________
Survival depended on the availability of wild plants and animals
________: Migrated in search of food, water, shelter

30. How did they live in the Paleolithic Age?
Used tools
Begin to use fire
Lived in clans
_______ first emerges
Developed ______________
Created ______

31. _____________in Paleolithic Age
Emerge in East Africa 100, ,000 years ago
Latin roots:
Homo -> Human
Sapiens -> ______

32. Neolithic Age New Stone Age (Neo: New; Lithic: Stone)
8,000BCE-5,000BCE
_______________ (Neolithic England)

33. Superhenge!

34. ____________(Neolithic Age)
Usually accepted as subset of Homo Sapiens
Remains discovered in 1850s in the _______, Germany.
5’6” tall; stocky bodies with thick bones, necks, and wide shoulders.
Neanderthal Skull – Modern Human Skull
on Left on Right

35. Neanderthal Culture Nomadic Hunter-Gatherers (clans)
__________(Evidence: gravesites with flowers)

36. __________________
People begin to shift from hunting and gathering to ________ agriculture
_____________ of plants and animals

37. Technological Advances of the Neolithic Revolution
Farming advances:
Use of ____ and oxen team to pull it
Use of manure as __________
Use of looms for __________ linen/wool
__________

38. Impact of Agricultural Revolution
Increase of steady food supply
Increase in population
Increase in settled farming communities
What comes next?

39. ____________ Base group discussion: What is civilization?
What does civilization look like?
How is civilization established?
Is civilization good for humans? (Why/why not?)

40. A look ahead: Rise of Civilizations

41. Three Early Examples
Çatalhöyük
Aleppo
Jericho
Label it!

42. ____________

43. ______

44. _____