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Daily Agenda: Honors World History October 5 th, 2015 1.) New Packets-Prehistory and Early- Man: go through targets and goals together 2.) Early Hominids Ppt-discuss page 2 together and fill-in notes together 3.) “Our Ancestors”-Lucy Video 4.) Lucy-”Walkin’ like a Hominid Hw: Pompeii Papers due tomorrow; with complete note packet
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Early Humans
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Australopithecus Name means “southern ape”
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Australopithecus Appeared in Africa about 4-5 million years ago Stood upright and walked on two legs (also known as Bipedal) “Lucy” about 3’6” “Lucy” about 3’6” Brain 1/3 size of humans
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Homo habilis Name means “handy man” Appeared in Africa about 2.4 million years ago Used stone tools for chipping Used tools for scraping
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Homo Habilis Brain was about half the size of modern humans
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Homo Erectus Name means “upright man” Appeared in Africa about 1.5-2 million years ago
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Homo Erectus Used early stone tools like the hand ax Learned to control fire Migrated out of Africa to Asia & Europe
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Homo Sapiens Name means “wise man” Appeared in Africa about 200,000 y.a. Migrated around the world
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Homo Sapiens Same species as modern human beings Learned to create fire and use a variety of tools
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Homo Sapiens Developed Language
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And finally…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANr9 sZYZXdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANr9 sZYZXdQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANr9 sZYZXdQ
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