1. Origins of Mankind and Civilization
Pre-history

2. Purpose
The purpose of today’s lesson is to identify and understand the important aspects of the lives’ of early humans
Objectives
The students will predicted the needs of early humans
The students will determine early human migration routes based on evidence
The students will compose a diary entry from the perspective of an early human

3. Prehistory The story of humankind begins about 5,500 years ago…
The long period of time before people invented systems of writing

4. Prediction
Write down three things that you believe you could not live without
Discuss with a partner
Stone age humans had much simpler needs
Even simple needs were hard to get
What simple things did stone age people need to survive?

5. Hominids
The first humanlike creatures can be traced back 4.4 million years
These are called hominids
Anthropology- the study of hominids

6. Scientists Anthropologists Paleontologists Archaeologists
Study bones and fossils and look for change
Paleontologists
Study fossils to determine characteristics
Archaeologists
Study artifacts left behind (tools, pots, beads, etc.)

7. Dating Early Artifacts
Archaeologists and anthropologists have to determine when the fossils or artifacts originated
Radio-carbon dating:
Test for carbon decay

8. Prehistoric Finds Oldest human ancestor Fossils found in Ethiopia
Teeth, bones, skull
4.4 million years old
These creatures would have weighed about 65 pounds, and stood 4 feet tall

9. Prehistoric Finds Lucy 3.2 million year old skeleton
Found in 1974 in Africa

10. The First Hominids Australopithecus- Homo habilis “southern ape”
“person with ability”

11. The First Hominids Homo erectus Homo sapien “person who walks upright”
“Person who thinks”
All people today!

12. Humans

13. The Ice Ages Four long periods of cold climate
During, only the middle latitudes of Earth were warm enough for human and animal life
Land bridges allowed for movement

14. Paleolithic Age Old Stone Age
Began with Homo habilis making stone tools
Lasted until about 12,000 BCE
Homo habilis to Homo erectus
Appeared in Africa 1.8 million years ago

15. Early Humans were Hunter-Gatherers
What does it mean to be a hunter-gatherer?
Mostly hunted for the majority of their food
Captured fish
Gathered nuts, berries, and other easy to find food to add to their diets
This lifestyle forced humans to move often in order to find food
Nomads
Constantly tracking herds of animals
Used animals for food, clothing, making homes and even tools from their bones

16. Homo erectus Hunter-gatherer society Fire Nomadic
Gestures and grunts… led to crude language

17. Homo sapiens Neanderthals Cro-Magnons 100,000 years ago
Nomadic, hunter-gatherers
Better tools
Advanced culture
Cro-Magnons
Improved technology
Social life

18. Neolithic Revolution
Agricultural Revolution- shift from food gathering and hunting to planting crops
Causes: raising temperatures and climate change, high supply of grain, crops provided a steady source of food

19. Neolithic Revolution cont.
Farming Methods
Slash and burn farming: cut down trees and burn grasses cleared the field and fertilized the soil
Domestication of animals: horses, goats, pigs, dogs, sheep, goats and camel

20. Locations Africa wheat and barley China grain and wild rice
Mexico and Central America corn, beans and squash
Peru tomatoes, sweet potatoes, white potatoes

21. Neolithic Revolution
Neolithic Revolution advances lead to the first civilizations!

22. Make Your Own Cave Painting
It’s time to crate some cave art of your own!
Using a piece of led not in a mechanical pencil use the space provided to draw a beautiful picture or event.
Think of any things in nature that you might have seen that would be simple to draw.