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World History Chapter 1: The First Humans Section 1: Early Humans Section 2: Neolithic Revolution & the Rise of Civilization
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1970’s Eastern Africa
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1970’s Eastern Africa Donald Johanson and Tom Gray
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1974 Eastern Africa Donald Johanson and Tom Gray –Discovered a hominid skeleton
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1974 Eastern Africa Donald Johanson and Tom Gray Discovered a hominid skeleton Hominid –Apes that walk upright (pre-human)
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Hominids
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1974 Eastern Africa Donald Johanson and Tom Gray Hominid That night listened to the Beatles “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1974 Eastern Africa Donald Johanson and Tom Gray That night listened to the Beatles “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Names the skeleton = Lucy
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1974 Eastern Africa Names the skeleton Lucy Lucy = Australopithecus
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans 1974 Eastern Africa Names the skeleton Lucy Lucy = Astralopithicus –Astralo = southern (Like Australia in the South) –Pithicus = ape
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Lucy = Astralopithicus 3.9 – 3 million years ago
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Erectus (Stand-up man) –Used Fire
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapiens –Homo (Sapien) Neanderthalis = Neanderthals
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapiens –Homo Neanderthalis = Neanderthals
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapiens –Homo Neanderthalis = Neanderthals –Skeletons found in Neander Valley, Germany
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Erectus Homo Sapiens –Homo Neanderthalis = Neanderthals –Skeletons found in Neander Valley, Germany –Very strong, big brains
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapien –Homo Neanderthalis –Homo (Sapien) Floresiensis
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapien –Homo Neanderthalis –Homo Floresiensis Island of Flores, Indonesia
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapien –Homo Neanderthalis –Homo Floresiensis Island of Flores, Indonesia –3 ft tall = hobbit
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapien –Java Man Island of Java, Indonesia
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapien –Homo Neanderthalis –Homo Florentis –Homo Sapien Sapien Modern Humans
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Homo Sapien –Homo Neanderthalis –Homo Florentis –Homo Sapien Sapien Modern Humans –Sapien = Wise
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Ch.1.1: Early Humans Modern Humans –Sapien = Wise –Developed 200,000 (200k) years ago
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Ch 1.1 Quiz: Early Humans 1. In which part of the world did early humans first originate? 2. What is a hominid? 3. What was the nickname of the first early hominid found? 4. How did it get its nickname? 5. What is the scientific name of the first early hominid? 6. To what does the scientific name of the first early hominid translate? 7. To what does Homo Erectus translate? 8. Homo Erectus was the first to use……? 9. Name the 3 species of Homo Sapiens. 10. How did Neanderthals get their name? 11. Describe physical features of a Neanderthal. 12. Where did Homo Floreseinsis live? 13. What was the Floreseinsis nickname? 14. Describe a physical feature of Floreseinsis. 15. What is a Homo Sapien Sapien? 16. To what does Homo Sapien Sapien translate? 17. How long have Modern Humans been around? 18. 19. 20.
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Ch 1.1 Quiz: Early Humans 1. In which part of the world did early humans first originate? Eastern Africa 2. What is a hominid? Upright walking early human 3. What was the nickname of the first early hominid found? Lucy 4. How did it get its name? Beatles Song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” 5. What is the scientific name of the first early hominid? Astralopithicus 6. To what does the scientific name of the first early hominid translate? Southern Ape 7. To what does Homo Erectus translate? Stand-up Man 8. Homo Erectus was the first to use……? Fire 9. Name the 3 species of Homo Sapiens. Neanderthal, Floreseinsis (Hobbit), Sapien Sapien (Modern Human) 10. How did Neanderthals get their name? Neander Valley, Germany 11. Describe physical features of a Neanderthal. Big nose, strong, big brow 12. Where did Homo Floreseinsis live? Island of Flores, Indonesia 13. What was the Floreseinsis nickname? Hobbit 14. Describe a disctinct physical feature of Floreseinsis. 3ft tall 15. What is a Homo Sapien Sapien? Modern Man 16. To what does Homo Sapien Sapien translate? Wise Wise (Very Wise) Man 17. How long have Modern Humans been around? 200,000 years 18. 19. 20.
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