Fossil Finds By Luke, John,and Spencer

Summary Different scientist look in the earth to find fossils. Dutch surgeon uncovered remains of a human ancestor and called it homo erectus because it means human who stands upright.

Prehistory-is history that happened before invention of writing Evidence-or proof vocabulary Archaeologist-locate and study things left behind people Paleoanthropologist-study the ancestors of other people Fossils-remains of once living things Excavate-means to uncover by digging Bands-or small groups of these hominids

A World of Hunters & Gathers By: Nick, Drew, and Max

Summary This section is about the migration pattern and how hunters and gathers got their food. The ice age’s that they had to go through were hard because the animals that they were going after would go in a different way then they had thought of going. These bands of people would then find there way into North America because of fallowing the animals. The early people in Siberia had difficulty in the tundra and the bitter cold. Eventually some hunters reached South America.

Hunters and Gatherers Pages Created by: Hanna, Halle,Nicole!

Vocabulary Artifact-A human made object especially from long ago. Radiocarbon Dating-A scientific process that tells the age of something once living by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon it contains. Consequence-An effect. Extinct-No longer existing. Migration-Movement of groups of people from one place to another

Vocabulary Ice Age-A long cold weather period when huge sheets of ice covered part of the earths surface Glacier-A huge slow moving sheet of ice. Tundra-A cold treeless plain whose subsoil is permanently frozen. Culture-A unique way of life that sets a group of people apart from others. Society-An organized group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions.

Summary (information) This selection is mainly about how the Homo erectus (The people who lived in early times and now are extinct) hunted and gathered. Now today all humans are now called Homo sapiens. The difference between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens are Homo sapiens have larger brains, can make better tools and communicate more easily using lauguage.

Vocabulary Bands- small groups

Summary The first humanoid was found south of the Sahara dessert in Africa. The first humanoids were the Homo habilis. Then came Homo erectus. The Homo erectus was the first one to tame fire. They survived by hunting and gathering. The next humanoids were Homo sapiens. They affected the ways of Homo erectus.

Lucy Summary Lucy is an ancient australopithecine that is 3 million year old. Lucy got her name because a tape recorder was playing “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” while they dug her up. So it was known as Lucy ever since. In the U.S. they rebuilt the skeleton and found that Lucy stood about 4 feet tall, Was when she died and spent most of her time in open country.

Neanderthals In 1856 an odd- looking human skull was found with arms and legs. The remainders of the body were found in Germany’s Neander Valley. Later in the 1800’s British biologist Thomas Huxley discovered it was an early humanoid fossil, first ever found. The fossil was named Neanderthal after the Valley. We now know they are not our direct ancestors.

Neanderthal Pictures and Graphics The first remains of Neanderthals were found in a valley in Germany, Neander Valley. Neanderthals are much like the better known cavemen.

Migration By: Jake Fossett The first migrations of early people started around 100,000 years ago. They started in Africa then moved to Europe and Asia then went over a land bridge to North America.

Early farmers

Vocab 1.Domesticate- to tame for peoples use. 2.Economy- the way peoples use there rescores to meet there needs 3.Livestock- refers to domesticated animals such as cattle, sheep, and pigs. 4.Nomads- people with no settled home. 5.Agriculture- the raising of domesticated plants and animals, change humans societies forever. 6.Division of labor-

Early Farming By: Maddie Jones and Grace Humphrey

Middle America (North America) 5,400 years ago Raised: Beans Corn/Maize Turkeys Chili peppers

Huang He Valley (China) 8,000 Raised: Millet Chickens Pigs

Indus Valley

Early Cultures and Societies By: Anna Richards and Phoenix Graves

Vocab Culture- A way of life Society- A organized group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions.

Summary All early people had a unique way of doing things for their culture. A culture is made up of peoples beliefs and how they live their life. Each culture lived in unique place that lead to what kinds of clothing, shelter, and food that they made. Early cultures varied from different individuals that had their own ideas to solve their problems and needs. All cultures change in long periods of time and use of language helped early people develop their own cultures. Older people passed on customs and knowledge to younger members. Language helped people join together to form a society. In ways people are very different from those long ago, but in some ways they are very similar. The differences in peoples cultures and their society set them apart.

Effects of Change by Riley Stickney and Isabelle Reynolds

Summary Early societies started to raise domesticated plants and animals, also known as agriculture. They needed to do this because they needed a reliable resource of food. When agriculture was doing well, they traded their leftovers for the things that they needed the most. Some of these things are spices, and clothing.

Vocabulary words Agriculture-The raising of domesticated plants and animals Division of Labor-a system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to their abilities and the groups’ needs Environment-Surroundings

Diversity In Early Agriculture By: Jenna Kanoza and Lindsey Dierig

Early people all around the world took in many different plants and animals. In southwestern Asia and northern Africa, they grew wheat and barley and raised sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs. In Pakistan and China they grew rice and millet, and raised pigs, chickens, and water buffaloes. In Southern Mexico they grew chili peppers, squash, and other vegetables. People depended on faming and stopped moving to different places What I Have Learned

`Vocabulary Maize-Corn Subsist-to survive

MAKING TOOLS Tools are vary helpful in many ways like making fire or getting food.

culture Is a way of life like beliefs, customs, language and arts.