1. Chapter 2 Preview Early Hominids.
Essential Question: What capabilities helped hominids survive?
Directions: Think of your favorite superhero from a comic strip, book, or movie. Then in the space below sketch a picture of your superhero (yes, you can make one up!) and write their name in the box. Then list the your hero's ‘super powers’ in the box provided.
Superhero Name:
List their super powers:

2. Chapter 2 Class Notes Early Hominids
Name:_______________
Ms. McIntyre
Color:___________
Date:____________
In this chapter you will learn about five groups of prehistoric humans and the different skills they developed that enabled them to survive.
What is this chapters Essential Question?______________________________________ _________________________________________________________
2.1: Introduction
What is a hominid? ______________________________________________
Paleo means: _____________________
What is the difference between an anthropologist and a paleoanthropologist?: _______________________
______________________________________
capability = ___________
Look at the graphic organizer on page 13.
List the hominids you will study in this chapter (in chronological order).
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________
Which is the earliest(oldest) hominid group? _______________________________
The most recent? ________________________________________________
Which hominid group lived on Earth the longest period of time? ___________________________________________________
The shortest? ______________________________________________

3. 2.2 Australopithecus Afarensis: Lucy and Her Relatives
Hi! I’m Lucy, and ______________ discovered me!
Australopithecus afarensis
(Latin name that means…)
What is an anthropologist? _____________________
__________________________________________
By assembling Lucy’s bones, scientists have learned what she ________ like. Lucy was between _____and ____ feet tall, and she had a mix of ________ and ________ features. Her ____________ and ________ stuck out from her face.
2.3 Lucy and Her Relatives: Walking on Two Feet
remains ___________________
biped ___________________
One discovery about Lucy and her relatives was that she was a ____________.
List four of the capabilities Lucy developed over gorillas or chimpanzees.
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
Being a _____________ is one way that Lucy resembled us.
But how was Lucy quite different from modern humans…

4. Why would living together help
2.4 Homo Habilis: Handy Man
Homo habilis means= _____________________
List three differences between Handy Man and Lucy.
1. ________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
What did scientists infer when they found more than one Handy Man fossil together? _________________________________________________________________________________________
Why would living together help
Handy Men survive?
________________________________________________________________
2.5 Handy Man: The Tool Maker
Handy Man’s tools were very simple, they used…
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
List the three steps Handy Man took to making a tool
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Cutting tools to______________________________________
Tool-making most likely helped Handy Men live longer, better, and healthier.. Unlike Lucy, they used….
Crushing tools to_____________________________________
Stone tools to________________________________________

5. 2.6 Home Erectus: Upright Man
Homo erectus means ___________________
Define migrate: _____________________________________
_______________________________________________
Explain how Home erectus was able to migrate to other continents.
__________________________________________________________
The face of Upright Man looked more like a ________ human that those earlier
hominids did. Their foreheads were ________ and ________. But they still had
a large ridge above the ________, a thicker ________, and a jaw that stuck out.
2.7 Upright Man: Traveling with Fire
…invent…
Bigger Brains
meant they were
able to …
List 3 ways Upright Man used fire.
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
Explain why scientists believe Upright Man groups were able to survive longer than any other earlier hominid group.______________________________
______________________________________________________________

6. Community 2.8 Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis: Neanderthals
Homo sapiens means _______________
Larger Brains!
Over __________ tools have been found!!
These tools required much more __________, _____________,
and __________.
What tools did Neanderthals create?
_________________
They were the first early hominids to _________in an
____________________ group!
2.9 Neanderthals: A Sense of Community
Community
What evidence have scientists found that support the theory that
Neanderthals had a “sense of community”?
1. ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
If Neanderthals lived in a ___________, they were also able to learn from
the ___________ and ___________ of older members of the group.
According to scientists, what mystery still remains about Neanderthals?
_________________________________________________________

7. Cave Artists 2.10 Homo Sapiens Sapiens: Early Modern Humans
Homo sapiens sapiens means ________________________
How were the earliest modern humans able to migrate to all continents? _______________________________________________________________
Early modern humans or ___________________
How did the early modern humans look more like us than Neanderthals did?
____________________
What capabilities enabled Homo sapiens sapiens to survive?
1._____________________________
2. ___________________________
3._____________________________
4.___________________________
Cave Artists
What two inventions did these early humans developed?
Explain how these weapons help Homo sapiens sapiens survive?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.11 Early Modern Humans: The First Artists
List 3 reasons that scientist have concluded about why early humans created cave art.
_______________________________________________
These early modern humans had the ability to __________, __________, and
_______________ thoughts to others through pictures and symbols.

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9. Chapter 2 Preview Early Hominids
Essential Question: What capabilities helped hominids survive?
Think of your favorite superhero from a comic strip, book, or movie. Then in the space below sketch a picture of your superhero (yes, you can make one up!) and write their name in the box. Then list the your hero's ‘super powers’ in the box provided.
Superhero Name:
List their super powers:

10. Essential Question: What capabilities helped hominids survive?
Chapter 2
Early Hominids
Class Notes
Name:_______________
Ms. McIntyre
Color:___________
Date:____________
In this chapter you will learn about five groups of prehistoric humans and their different skills they developed to help them survive.
Essential Question: What capabilities helped hominids survive?
2.1: Introduction
What is a hominid? ______________________________________________
Paleo means: _____________________
What is the difference between an anthropologist and a paleoanthropologist?: _______________________________________
______________________________________
capability = ___________
Look at the graphic organizer on page 13.
List the hominids you will study in this chapter (in chronological order).
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________
Which is the earliest(oldest) hominid group? ___________________
The most recent? _______________________________________
Which hominid group lived on Earth the longest period of time? ___________________________________________________
The shortest? ______________________________________________

11. 2.2 Australopithecus Afarensis: Lucy and Her Relatives
Hi! I’m Lucy, and ______________ discovered me!
Australopithecus afarensis
What is an anthropologist? _____________________
__________________________________________
By assembling Lucy’s bones, scientists have learned what she ________ like. Lucy was ________ feet tall, and she had a mix of ________ and ________ features. Her ____________ and ________ stuck out from her face.

12. 2.3 Lucy and Her Relatives: Walking on Two Feet
remains ___________________
biped ______________
One discovery about Lucy and her relatives was that she was a ____________.
List four the capabilities Lucy developed over gorillas or chimpanzees.
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________
Being a _____________ is one way that Lucy resembled us.
But how was Lucy quite different from modern humans…

13. Why would living together help
2.4 Homo Habilis: Handy Man
Homo habilis = _____________________
List three differences between Handy Man and Lucy.
1. ________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
What did scientists infer when they found more than one Handy Man fossil together? _________________________________________________________________________________________
Why would living together help
Handy Men survive?
________________________________________________________________

14. 2.5 Handy Man: The Tool Maker
Handy Man’s tools were very simple, they used…
1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
List the three steps Handy Man took to making a tool
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Tool-making most likely helped Handy Men live longer, better and healthier.. Unlike Lucy, they used….
Cutting tools to ___________________________________
Crushing tools to _________________________________
Stone tools to __________________________________

15. 2.6 Home Erectus: Upright Man
Homo erectus ___________________
Define migrate: _____________________________________
_______________________________________________
Explain how Home erectus was able to migrate to other continents.
__________________________________________________________
The face of Upright Man looked more like a ________ human that those earlierhominids did. Their foreheads were ________ and ________. But they still had a large ridge above the ________, a thicker ________, and a jaw that stuck out.

16. 2.7 Upright Man: Traveling with Fire
meant they were
able to …
…invent…
Bigger Brains
List 3 ways Upright Man used fire.
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
Explain why scientists believe Upright Man groups were able to survive longer than any other earlier hominid group.______________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

17. Community 2.8 Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis: Neanderthals
Larger Brains!
Over __________ tools have been found!!
These tools required much more __________, _____________,
and __________.
Community
What tools did Neanderthals create?
_________________
They were the first early hominids to _________in an
____________________ group!

18. Community 2.9 Neanderthals: A Sense of Community
What evidence have scientists found that support the theory that
Neanderthals had a “sense of community”?
1. ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________
If Neanderthals lived in a ___________, they were also able to learn from the ___________ and ___________ of older members of the group.
Community
According to scientists, what mystery still remains about Neanderthals?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

19. Early modern humans or ___________________
2.10 Homo Sapiens Sapiens: Early Modern Humans
Homo sapiens sapiens ________________________
How were the earliest modern humans able to migrate to all continents? ___________________________________ ________________________________________________
Early modern humans or ___________________
How did the early modern humans look more like us than Neanderthals did?
____________________
Cave Artists
What capabilities enabled Homo sapiens sapiens to survive?
1._____________________________
2. ___________________________
3._____________________________
4.___________________________

20. What two inventions did these early humans developed?
Explain how these weapons help Homo sapiens sapiens survive?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.11 Early Modern Humans: The First Artists
Cave Artists
List 3 reasons that scientist have conclude about why early humans created cave art.
_______________________________________________
These early modern humans had the ability to __________, __________, and _______________ thoughts to others through pictures and symbols.