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1 AIM: How did early humans survive?
DO NOW: How do we know people lived thousands of years ago?? HW: Using the notes, create a drawing of a typical day of life in the Paleolithic Age.

2 TRACING THE MIGRATION (MOVEMENT) OF EARLY HUMANS
ACCORDING TO THE MAP, WHERE DID EARLY HUMANS ORIGIN? AFRICA

3 *NOTES* LOUIS & MARY LEAKEY ( ) - Kenyan archaeologists who began looking for early human remains in East Africa. They found many tools, bones & other artifacts. DONALD JOHANSON - (1974) archaeologist who found “Lucy”, a part of an early human skeleton in Ethiopia

4 *NOTES* STANDARDS FOR BEING HUMAN: 1. 90cc skull size 2. Upright vertebrate 3. Thumb for tool making

5 WHAT ARE THESE IMAGES & WHAT DO THEY TELL US ABOUT EARLY HUMANS?

6 *NOTES* Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) 2 million B.C. - 10,000 B.C. Hunting & gathering societies Nomads- people who travel from place to place in constant search of food and water People traveled in small groups Simple tools/weapons made of stone, bone & wood Use of clothes & fire Cave paintings found of animals Animism- religion which involves worshipping spirits in nature


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