1. Are we on the same page???

2. Ch. 1 L 1 Chapter 1 lesson 1 1-1 Notes 9/?/09 vocab Prehistory- is history that happened before the invention of writing Fossil- remains of once-living things Artifact- human-made objects Migration- movement from one place to another Domestication- to tame living things for people’s use

3. Fossil Finds Archaeologists and paleoanthropologists work together hominid – early human ancestor Eugene Dubois found Homo erectus – “human who stands upright” Ray Dart australopithecine – earlier than Homo Erec. Leakey’s australopithecine –Olduvai Gorge E. Africa- also find Homo habilis – “handy person” – stone tools found near by

4. Rich Leakey dozens of hominid fossils – 2.5 mill. Yr. old Homo habilis Don Johanson 3 mil yr old austr. “Lucy” in Ethiopia Tim White 4.5 mil yr old austr. Early Ancestors 1 st hominids appear south of Sahara in Africa more than 3 mil yr ago Austr. meat & plant eaters

5. 2.5 mil yr ago Homo habilis - spread across Africa – gathered & ate plants & scavenged for meat – used stones to cut meat 1.9 mil yr ago Homo erectus – greater brain pow. than habilis Erectus tames fire – protection, warmth - traveled in bands Modern humans appear 200,000 yrs ago – Homo sapiens Ch. 1 L 2 9/?/09 Vocab Word-definition

6. Homo erectus & Homo sapiens lived side by side – erec. Dies out Homo sapien “wise human” Survival Skills Archaelgsts. excav. sites section off site into squares look for artifacts Radiocarbon dating- living things only used 50,000 yrs or younger

7. Bands made up related fams. About 20- cooperation TRIAL and ERROR Bands followed food – migrated Spreading Through the World 2-3 miles in lifetime People moved to Asia, Europe, Australia, Americas Ice Age – land bridges Culture, language, customs are exchanged and move Well……