1. Timeline of Early Man

2. Australopithicus- 4,000,000 Years Ago Transition from ape to man “Lucy” Walked upright

3. Homo Habilis “Man with Ability” First to create tools Shelters- wind-breaks Bring back food

4. Homo Erectus “Man Who walks upright” First to wander from Africa Some Social groups Hand axes, flake tools Shelter Use fire – Cooked Food

5. Homo Sapiens “Man Who Thinks” Neanderthals Cro-Magnon

6. Neanderthals 200,000 years ago Neander River Valley, Germany – Good hunters – Used pitfalls – Clothing from animals – *buried their dead – Shelters with bones/animal skins

7. Cro-Magnon 30,000 years ago Rock Formations in France Lived in Caves Known for cave art Social Gatherings Skillful tool makers –Burin (chisel) –Axe –Spears

8. Began around 4.000BCE Bronze Age New Stone Age 9,000-4,000 BCE Neolithic Age Old Stone Age 50,000-9,000 BCE Paleolithic Age

9. Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) 50,000-9,000 BCE Toolmakers Gatherers Hunters

10. Neolithic Age New Stone Age 9,000- 4,000 BCE *Beginning of civilization Herders Farmers

11. Bronze Age Began around 4,000 BCE Creation of mixing copper and tin for tools

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