1. Early Human Development
Prehistory
WHI.2

2. Differing Points of View
Evolution
Creation

3. Creationist’s Time Line
6000 YA
(4000 BC)
Creation
Jesus’
Birth
4400
years ago
Flood
2000
Evolutionist’s Time Line
20,000,000,000 Years Ago
Big Bang
Earth Forms
4.6 Billion Years Ago
Life Evolves
3 Billion Years Ago
Man Evolved
3 Million Years Ago

4. Timeline—Beginning of Man
4,000,000 B.C. (Africa) Early hominids appear
2,500,000 B.C. Paleolithic Age begins
1,600,000 B.C. (Africa, Asia, Europe) Homo erectus appears
200,000 B.C. (Europe, Southwest Asia) Neanderthals appear
40,000 B.C. (Europe) Cro-Magnons appear
8000 B.C. Last Ice Age end; Neolithic Age begins
8000 B.C. (Africa, Asia) Agriculture begins
Paleolithic
Neolithic

5. Essential Understanding
Life in early hunter-gatherer societies was shaped by their physical environment.

6. WHI.2a
Homo sapiens emerged in east Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago.
Homo sapiens migrated from Africa to
Eurasia,
Australia,
and the Americas.

7. WHI 2a
Early humans were hunters and gatherers whose survival depended on the availability of wild plants and animals.

8. WHI 2b
Early human societies, through the development of culture, began the process of overcoming the limits set by the physical environment.

9. WHI 2b
Hunter-gatherer societies during the Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age):
were nomadic, migrating in search of food, water, shelter
invented the first tools, including simple weapons
learned how to make and use fire
lived in clans
developed oral (spoken) language
created “cave art.”

10. Lascaux Cave Art

11. WHI 2c
The beginning of agriculture, including permanent settlements, was a major step in the advance of civilization.
How did the beginning of agriculture and the domestication of animals promote the rise of settled communities?

13. WHI 2c Societies during the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age)
developed agriculture (domesticated plants)
domesticated animals
used advanced tools
made pottery
developed weaving skills.

14. tests, such as carbon dating, to analyze fossils
Archaeologists continue to find and interpret evidence of early humans and their lives.
study past cultures by
locating and analyzing human remains,
settlements, fossils,
and artifacts.
apply scientific
tests, such as carbon dating,
to analyze fossils

16. Examples of Very Old Places!
Stonehenge is an example of an archaeological site in England that was begun during the Neolithic Age and completed during the Bronze Age.

17. Aleppo and Jericho are examples of early cities in the Fertile Crescent studied by archaeologists.

18. Examples of Very Old Places!
Çatalhöyük is an example of a Neolithic settlement currently under excavation in Anatolia.

19. Test Review From where does man originate?
How many years ago did man begin to move out of Africa to other areas?

20. Vocabulary Domestication Hominid Homo sapiens Carbon-dating
Agriculture
Prehistory
Farming
Name for modern man
Taming of animals for human use
Period before written records were kept
“Human-like” creature
Test used to determine the age of fossils

21. Test Review
The objects identified in the picture would most likely come from which
period of time?
A Paleolithic period
B Iron Age
C Neolithic period
D Bronze Age

22. The typical hunter−gathering societies are best described as —
A large cities with unlimited resources
B moderate numbers of people living in permanent villages
C large numbers of people living in small villages
D small nomadic bands of people
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Paleolithic period?
F Spoken language
G Villages
H Hunting −gathering
J Small clans

23. A hunter−gatherer society would most likely develop in an area —
A near an ocean
B with many raw materials
C where animals are plentiful
D near cities
Which of the following statements about the Neolithic period is not true?
F It began with the Agricultural Revolution.
G During this period, domesticated animals were a part of village life.
H It was the longest period of Prehistory.
J During this period, man became food producers rather than food gatherers.

24. Which of the following events occurred last? B Control of fire
A Development of oral language
B Control of fire
C Invention of the wheel
D Hunting and gathering
Any object shaped by human hands is referred to as —
F a bone
G an artifact
H a fossil
J a tool