1. CHAPTER 2 SECTION 1 THE FIRST PEOPLE

2.  PREHISTORY  HOMINID  ANCESTOR  The time before writing (about 5,000 years ago)  Early ancestor of humans  Relative who lived in the past (dead)

4.  “southern ape” Came from Africa / 4-5 million years ago Brain about 1/3 size of modern day man Did humans walk the earth with dinosaurs?...NO Dinosaurs started out 220 million years ago & died out 65 million years ago http://player.discoveryeducation.com /index.cfm?guidAssetId=F0BD025 2-1B03-4A71-8287- 7C83E683FACE&blnFromSearch=1 &productcode=US

7.  http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:/ /americanmonsters.com/site/wp- content/uploads/2010/04/hom_habilis.jpg&i mgrefurl=http://americanmonsters.com/site/ 2010/04/missing-link-discovered-in-south- africa/&usg=__XWMHILmgeiqiOcOI41AYkWaJ9 pY=&h=687&w=751&sz=42 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:/ /americanmonsters.com/site/wp- content/uploads/2010/04/hom_habilis.jpg&i mgrefurl=http://americanmonsters.com/site/ 2010/04/missing-link-discovered-in-south- africa/&usg=__XWMHILmgeiqiOcOI41AYkWaJ9 pY=&h=687&w=751&sz=42 “handy man” Appeared in Africa 2.4 million years ago Used early stone tools for chopping / scraping Brain was about half size of modern day man

10.  “upright man” Appeared in Africa about 1.5 – 2 million years ago Used early stone tools like the hand ax Learned to control fire Migrated out of Africa to Asia & Europe http://earlyhumans.mrdo nn.org/fire.html http://earlyhumans.mrdo nn.org/fire.html

12.  “wise man” Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago Migrated around world Same species as modern humans Learned to create fire & use a wide variety of tools * Developed language

14.  TOOL - any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task / pick up a tool  Stone tools first used / why?  First part of Stone Age is called the Paleolithic Era

15.  Found oldest tools in Tanzania (East Africa)  Size of adult’s fist / 2.6 million years old  Think these tools used to process food / choppers  Then came hand ax  Then learned to attach wooden handles to stone for hunting  Hunted horses, deer, bison, mammoths

16.  Formed societies  First society = hunter-gatherer / ??  Believed to form small groups  Followed animals to survive  Hunted in groups  Often led animals over cliffs / safer  Language started to form – communication for hunting / relationships / distribute food / art  http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?g uidAssetId=FBE799F6-FD1B-4C69-91B5- DC2D9061A0B7&blnFromSearch=1&productcode= US http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?g uidAssetId=FBE799F6-FD1B-4C69-91B5- DC2D9061A0B7&blnFromSearch=1&productcode= US

17.  Name the 4 ancestors of modern man.  Where did man originate from? Name the first era of the Stone Age. What came first…controlling fire or language? What types of people were in the first society?