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Hominids and Hunter- Gatherers
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Investigating prehistory Historians rely on written records- Did hominids write? Archaeologists- study/analyze material remains like tools, pottery, weapons, clothing, jewelry Anthropologists- study bones of our ancestors and their culture (way of life, beliefs, values, practices)
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Early Hominids Australopithecus- 4 million years BC –S/E Africa –500 cm³ brain size –First hominid to walk upright Homo Habilis- “handy man”, 2.5 million years BC 700 cm³ brain size E Africa First to make stone tools
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Early Hominids Homo Erectus- “upright man”, 1.6 million years BC –Africa, Asia, Europe –1,000 cm³ brain size –First to ??? Neanderthal- 200,000-30,000 BC, Europe and SW Asia, 1,450 cm³ brain, first to have ritual burials
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Early Hominids Cro-Magnon- Homo Sapiens- 40,000 (or 150,000) to 8,000 BC –Europe –Brain size 1,400 cm³ brain size –Fully modern humans –First to create art, more organized
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http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/ museum/hominid/australopithicus/australo pithicus.shtmlhttp://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk/collections/ museum/hominid/australopithicus/australo pithicus.shtml
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Hunter-Gatherers Mode of Production- the way goods and services are produced, used, and traded Hunter-Gatherers- nomads who obtained food, clothes, shelter from plants and animals
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The Bering Strait today
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Land Bridge quicktime beringlandbridge1l.mov
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Hunter-Gatherers They hunted wooly mammoths, elk, reindeer, musk oxen, wooly rhinos, saber- toothed tigers, etc They hunted with stone spear tips called Clovis points
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Clovis points
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Stone Axe
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Folsom Point
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Darts and Fish hook
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Animals
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Shelter
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