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Title: Human Origins in Africa


1
Human Originsin Africa
  • Chapter One Section One
  • How doe we know what were the earliest humans
    like?
  • 1. No written records of prehistoric humans
  • 2. Prehistory dates back to the time before the
    invention of writing, roughly 5,000 years ago
  • 3. Archeologists have studied the earliest
    humans by excavating, archaeological digs,
    analyzing evidence such as artifacts and bones

2
Culture Peoples Unique way of life
  • How is culture learned?
  • Media
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Workplace
  • School
  • Religion
  • Government

3
Culture - Components
  • Common Practices
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Sports
  • Tools/technology
  • Shared Understandings
  • Language
  • Religion
  • Values
  • Arts
  • beliefs
  • Social Organizations
  • Family
  • Social class
  • Relationships
  • Government
  • economy

4
Mary Leakey
  • Archaeologist
  • Searched for human remains in Africa
  • 1930s
  • Discovery of Lucy
  • Read Primary Source in unit packet

5
The old Stone Age
  • Paleolithic Age
  • Another term for old stone age
  • Prehistoric interventions of tools, mastery
    over fire, language
  • 2.5 million to 8000 B.C.
  • Stone chopping tools
  • Neolithic Age
  • The New Stone Age
  • 8000 B.C.-3000 B.C.
  • Polish stone tools
  • Make pottery
  • Grow cops
  • Raise animals

6
Homo erectus
  • Up right man
  • 1.6 million years ago
  • Adaptable species
  • Skillful hunters
  • Sophisticated tools
  • First to use fire
  • Spoken language

7
Modern Humans
  • Many scientists believe homo erectus developed
    into homo sapiens
  • Wise men
  • Larger Brains
  • Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons have been classified
    as early homo sapiens
  • Cro-Magnons
  • 40,000 years ago
  • Skeletal remains appear to be identical to modern
    humans
  • Planned hunts
  • Spoken language
  • See Chart page 8-9

8
Early Human Migration
  • See Map on page 10
  • Interpreting Maps (1-6) in unit one packets
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