Early Humans Kick Start: Define the vocabulary words – Neolithic, Paleolithic, Ice Age, hominids

Mankind The Story of All of Us: The Earliest Humans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMOtzeJz Pf4

EARLY ANCESTORS: What connects all men to our earliest ancestors The Y Chromosome Adam lived between ____________ and ________________ years ago. Y Chromosome Adam probably lived in a small community consisting of __________ to _______ people in the woodlands or grasslands of _______________________ or __________________________. The ability to sweat, get rid of heat, and move in the midday sun becomes a__________________ advantage.

Migrating People have this idea that early humans sat up one day and said: “We’re going to move to ____________, we’re going to move to _____________________, but that’s not quite what happened.” In reality, early humans moved slowly from one geographic _______________ to another. Early humans left Africa around ____________________ years ago, and the move took ______________________ of years. Early humans made it to Europe around __________________ years ago, and in the middle of the _________ Age.

True or False: it was very difficult for early Homo Sapiens to survive and be successful due to other species threatening their survival. __________________ Homo Sapiens are the most _____________________ and intelligent. Reaction : [Complete in 5 sentences] Would you want to travel back and time and trade lives for a day with an early human to experience what their life was like? Why or why not?

What is the time before written record called? Prehistory – before written records were kept Everything we know today of this time is because of evidence and stories told by the generations. Life during this time was about survival Provide basic food, clothing and shelter All resources came from land and animals Inventions during this time led the way for future generations E w

Who was the first hominid? Lucy The Ages of the Stone Age The stone age can be split into three phases, the Paleolithic (old stone age), Mesolithic (middle stone age) and Neolithic (new stone age).  As time passed, tools, homes and ways of hunting evolved.

The Stone Age lasted roughly 3.4 million years. The Palaeolithic age, the oldest and longest of the stone ages, began roughly 2.6 million years ago, 2 million BC to 12,000BC. The Mesolithic Age (middles) began and lasted between 12,000 BC and 10,000 BC The Neolithic (new)began during 10,000 BC and ended in 5,000BC.   

Life in Old Stone Age – Paleolithic Era People were nomadic. Used tools made of stone and animal bones The oldest stone tool that we have as an evidence is almost 3.4 million years old . It was found in Lower Awash Valley in Ethiopia. Lived in groups of 20 to 30 people Stones were also used to make fire. Fire was used to cook food and keep warm Men hunted, women gathered food. Used cave paintings to communicate. Since in those times, humans used stone for almost everything they did, hence the name Stone Age.

During this age lived in caves, and many groups used fire. Needles made out of bone from that time have also been found, evidence that they may have sewn animal skins for clothing and other protection. Shelters made by Neanderthals showed that they also lived in huts made of wood and had hearths for fire. Another hut made of animal hides over wooden poles was found inside of a cave in Grotte du Lazaret in France. Other huts, sometimes with divided living spaces and hearths and braced with mammoth bones have been found in France, the Ukraine, Siberia and Russia

What allowed early humans to reach the Americas? During Ice Age – people had to move Search of food (animals) To stay warm All water levels – lowered due to freezing Man could walk on ice Early man spread to Asia, Europe, Australia and America (Asia and America connected by Bering Strait. They traveled all the way to South America – this was the last continent reached.

Each person will watch the video for the assigned question and take notes Movement Where did the early humans begin and where did they move to? List places discussed in the video Rivers Why were the rivers important to the early humans? List rivers discussed in the video Climate What was the climate like during the life of early humans? List different types of climate the early humans faced Push/Pull Factors Why were the early humans constantly moving? List the reasons that pushed and pulled them

The Earliest Human Migration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5orVEJb urQ