1. 24 September 2014 Objective ~ Early Hominids
Have dumpster dive on your desk
Bellringer – On the back of your Chapter 2 Packets:
What comes to mind when you hear early man? Location, time period, etc.
Getting To Know Hominids
Packet page 2
Early Man Notes (skip Neanderthal)
Our Ancestors Video (if time)
Homework – Quiz Friday over today’s chart

2. Early Humans

3. 65 Million Years Ago
Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. The first human like hominids did not appear until around 3 million years ago.
Thus, no matter what you may have seen in the movies, early man did not live during the same period in history as dinosaurs! 3

4. The “Stone Ages” - depend upon tools
Old Stone Age – Paleolithic Era
Lasted till about 10,000 years ago
Middle Stone Age – Mesolithic Era
Began about 10,000 – 5,000 years ago
New Stone Age – Neolithic Era
Began about 10,000 years ago (some places)
Southwest Asia

5. Very Early Humans
It was during this time that the higher primates, including apes and early man, first appeared.
There was a difference between apes and man. Early human-like hominids could stand upright. Apes could not.
Their hands were different, too. Ape hands were made for climbing and clinging. Man’s hands were jointed differently, which allowed them to make and use tools. 5

6. Australopithecus
Name means “southern ape”

7. Australopithecus Appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago
Stood upright and walked on two legs (also known as Bipedal)
Brain 1/3 size of humans
“Lucy” about 3’6”
1973, Ethiopia, Johanson

8. Homo habilis Name means “handy man”
Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago
Brain was about 1/2 the size of modern humans

9. Homo habilis Used stone tools for scraping, chopping “The Chopper”
Process food (roots, bones, meat)
“The Chopper”

10. Homo erectus Name means “upright man”
Appeared in Africa about million years ago

11. Homo erectus Used early stone tools like the hand ax
Learned to control fire
Migrated out of Africa to Asia & Europe

12. Homo sapiens Modern day humans (you are a Homo sapien)
Name means “wise man”
Appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago
Migrated around the world
Last continent reached – South America

13. Homo sapiens Same species as modern human beings
Learned to create fire and use a variety of tools
Art! (Cave art is not from other hominids)

14. Homo sapiens Fully Developed Language
Other hominids had basic language…
The Ouch Theory
The Bow-Wow Theory
The Yo-heave-Ho Theory
The La-La Theory
The goo-goo Theory
The Mama-Dada Theory
Hunting?
Manufacturing Tools

15. And finally….