Feb 25, 2016
Human Human OriginsOrigins
SOL Terms for Review
Homo sapiens•Emerged in Africa
between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago
•Migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas.
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens•Thinking man
•Modern man•Nomadic•Began making tools out of stone.
Nomadic•migrate •Moved from place in search of food, water, shelter
•Hunters & Gatherers
Paleolithic•Were nomadic •Invented the first simple tools
weapons•Learned how to make fire•Lived in clans•Developed oral language•Created “cave art”•Old Stone Age
Agricultural Revolution•Women gathering fruits and
vegetables realized they could plant seeds and grow food
•Paleolithic people began farming
Domesticated •process where animals become accustomed to human control.
•animals are tamed for food or work are called livestock or farm animals.
Neolithic•Developed agriculture•Domesticated animals•Used advanced tools•Settled•Made pottery•Developed weaving skills•New Stone Age
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Culture•A people’s unique way of life
•Includes religion, language and government
Artifacts•Human made objects•Examples–Tools–Jewelry–Weapons
Fossils•preserved remains or traces, such as footprints, of animals, plants, and other organisms
•study past cultures by locating and analyzing– human remains–Fossils–artifacts.
Archaeologists
Carbon Dating•Archeologists apply scientific tests
•Discover the dates in which fossils and artifacts originated
•Measure the amount of C 14 remaining in an object
•Construction began in the Stone Age and was completed in the Bronze Age
•Archeological Site in Southern England
Stonehenge
Bronze Age•People began using this stronger material rather than stone
The Start of Cities led to
Ur•Sumerian City State•First city EVER•Neolithic City