1. Era 1: Unit 1
Lesson 1: Early Mankind

2. Bellringer When do humans begin to cultivate the land to raise food?
How long after agriculture develops was the city of Ur founded?

3. Agenda
Art work
Lecture
Video
What’s the Difference WS
H.W.- read pg.

4. Art from Era

5. Behind the Scenes
Archaeologists- scientists who learn about early people by excavating and studying the traces of early settlements.
Artifacts- remains, such as tools, jewelry, and other human-made objects.
Anthropologists- study a civilizations culture.
Culture- people’s unique way of life.
Paleontologists- study fossils, evidence of life preserved in rocks.

6. Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)
Humans (Homo Sapiens) emerged in Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago.

7. Homo Sapiens migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. (Every continent except Antarctica!)
Land and ice bridges connected the continents.

8. Neanderthals Early hominids between 200,000 and 30,000 years ago
Tried to explain and control their world
Developed religious beliefs and rituals
Define hominid: any of a family (Hominidae) of erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral
60,000 years ago a funeral held for Neanderthals who’s family covered him in flowers. Ritual points to life after grave

9. Cro-Magnons Early Hominid 40,000 years ago
Skeletal remains similar to modern humans
Planned hunts
Studied animal habits
Stalked pray
Survived easier with better hunting skills
Population grew at faster rate
Eventually replace Neanderthals
Advanced spoken language

11. History of Mankind