1. Prehistory to the Rise of Civilizations

2. Objectives After this lesson students will be able to:
Describe the methods scientists use to uncover early human existence
Define and identify the characteristics of a Civilization
Analyze the important developments during the Paleolithic Age
Analyze the impact of the Neolithic Revolution

3. Vocabulary Prehistory Archaeology Artifact Anthropology Hominid
Homo Sapiens
Civilization
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Nomad
“Lucy”
Louis B. Leakey
Mary N. Leakey
Donald Johanson

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5. What is Prehistory
This refers to a period of time before people invented a system of writing
Prehistoric people had no cities, organized central governments, or complex inventions

6. Early Human Life

7. Early Human Life
Anthropology is the study of the origins and development of human society
Archaeology- a branch of anthropology, archaeologists study artifacts to draw conclusion about the values, activities and beliefs about our past.
In 1959 Anthropologist Mary N. Leakey and Louis B. Leakey found evidence of the first hominids (humanlike primate) at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania

8. Early Human Life
In 1959 Anthropologists Mary N. Leakey and Louis B. Leakey found evidence of the first hominids (humanlike primate) at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania

9. Mary and Louis Leakey

10. Early Human Life Continued
In 1974 Anthropologist Donald Johanson found part of a hominid skeleton in Ethiopia
He named his find “Lucy”

11. Donald Johanson and “Lucy”

12. Spread of Homo Sapiens Look at the map on the following slide
Think about the Leakey’s discovery and also Donald Johanson’s discovery- How does this map support their findings?

14. Spread of Homo Sapiens Map
It shows the movement of Homo Sapiens from their origins in Africa to the rest of the world.
It shows how the discoveries of the Leakey’s and Johanson helped to prove how Homo Sapiens spread throughout the world

15. Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

16. Paleolithic Age 2 million B.C. to 10,000 B. C.
People lived in small hunting and gathering groups of about 20 to 30 people
They were nomads- moving from place to place following game animals and the ripening of different fruits, nuts, grains, and vegetables

17. Tools
The word technology refers to the ability of human beings to make things that sustain them and give them some control over their environment. The technology available at the beginning of human history was quite simple. It consisted primarily of the ability to make stone tools.

18. Paleolithic Stone and Bone Tools

19. Paleolithic Age Continued
They developed simple tools and spoken language.
During the Ice Age huge glaciers covered parts of Asia, Europe, and North America. To be able to cope with the cold they began to seek shelter in caves, build fires and use animal skins for clothing

20. Paleolithic Tribe

21. Neolithic Revolution (New Stone Age)

22. Neolithic Age
Neolithic Revolution- Nomadic Paleolithic people began to learn to farm and domesticate animals
This produced a surplus of food, growth in populations, and the settlement of people in one area
This led to the growth of the first Villages

23. Neolithic early villages

24. Neolithic Age
With a surplus of food and increased population people began to specialize in jobs
Some of these jobs included farmer, artesian, priest, rulers, and warriors
These small villages grew into the first civilizations

25. Growth of Civilizations

26. Features of a Civilization
Organized Governments
Complex Religions
Job Specializations
Social Classes
Arts and Architecture
Public Works
Writing

27. First Civilizations
Catal Huyuk- is an example of an early civilization
Catal Huyuk all of the features of a civilization
Catal Huyul is located in present-day Turkey

28. Catal Huyuk

29. Representation of a Catal Huyuk Shrine room

30. Representations of the inside of a house in
Catal Huyuk