The first humans on earth The discovery of fire

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The first humans on earthThe discovery of fire

• By Rena Hoplarou (primary school teacher)

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Contents

• The first humans discover fire
• The first humans control fire
• After the discovery of fire The changes in the
  life of first humans
• Changes on the human body (1 2)
• Look at the pictures and tell the story of the
  discovery of fire

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The first humans discover FIRE

• Discuss in your group
• How did fire appear?
• What are prehistoric people doing?

Lets see if you guessed right How did fire
appear?
tripod.com/geology.htm

• A strong storm then a

and
The plants, the bushes and the trees are on FIRE
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The first humans control FIRE

• In the beginning ... they carry the live coals
  with great difficulty
• Then they discover that they could rub two dry
  sticks to create sparkles. The sparkles set fire
  to dry straws or dead leaves. The same happens by
  using two specially curved stones.
• Two dry sticks or two stones Dry straw Fire
• sparkles.

The first humans succeeded !!! They control
Fire!!!
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After the discovery of FIRE The changes in the
life of first humans
Discuss in your group and then write in your
exersice books In what other ways did fire help
the first humans? What else did they manage with
the help of fire?
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Changes on the human body - 1
The use of fire by the first people does not only
change their habits but also changes their body.
Without hair on their body they were able to walk
long distances. Why? Think of sweat!
Observe carefully the following pictures What
is the main change you observe on the human body?
after
before
Why was it important to walk long distances? What
did they gain by moving from the one place to
another?
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Changes on the human body - 2
Prehistoric people do not eat raw meat anymore.
They cook their food. So now they do not need
With a smaller jaw humans were able for something
unique that no other animal on earth is capable
of doing!
BIG AND SHARP TEETH
THE JAW OF THE FIRST PEOPLE CHANGES
They managed to SPEAK.
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TELL THE STORY OF FIRE WITH THE HELP OF THE
PICTURES
Do you wish to add anything else? Something that
impressed you?


Homework Write about the changes on the human
body after the discovery of fire