Early Humans
Australopithecines
Homo Habilis “Man of Skill”
Homo Erectus “Upright Man”
Neanderthal
Cro Magnons
How it all began…
How did they find their food?
Nomads
HUMAN LIFE IS SPLIT INTO
Pictures Cited
Road to the Agricultural Revolution
Prehistory
Paleolithic Era
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
The Agricultural Revolution
What did it all lead to?
Pictures Cited
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Early Humans

1. Early Humans

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2. Australopithecines

• 1st to grow the
opposable
thumb
•First humanlike
creature to walk
upright

3. Homo Habilis “Man of Skill”

• Traits
– 2.5-1.5 million BC
– Brain size = 700
cubic cm
• Achievements
– Made tools from
lava rock
– Use tools to cut
meat and crack
bones

4. Homo Erectus “Upright Man”

• Traits
– 1.6 - 30,000 million
BC
– More intelligent and
adaptable
– Brain size 1,000
Cubic cm
• Achievements
– Used intelligence to
develop technology

5. Neanderthal

• Traits
– 200,000 – 30,000 BC
– Brain size 1,450
cubic cm
– Powerfully built
– Heavy slanted
eyebrows
• Achievements
– First to have ritual
burials
– Tried to control and
explain the world

6. Cro Magnons

• Traits
– Identical skeleton
to modern humans
• Achievements
– Studied animals’
habits
– Planned their hunts
– Advanced skill in
spoken language
– Created art

7. How it all began…

• Homo Sapiens (modern
humans) appeared in
Africa 100,000 to
400,000 years ago.
• Then migrated to
–Europe
–Asia
–Australia
–The Americas

8. How did they find their food?

• Early human societies
met their needs by
hunting animals and
gathering other foods
like edible plants.
• These hunters and
gatherers were also
known as nomads.

9. Nomads

• Nomads: People who depend on wild
plants and animals to survive. They
followed where the food supply went
and gathered seeds and nuts.

10. HUMAN LIFE IS SPLIT INTO

TWO PERIODS!
TO BE CONTINUED…

11. Pictures Cited


Slide 1 – www.baylor.edu
Slide 2 - http://www.classicalvalues.com/NYPair.jpg, www.museumstorecompany.com
Slide 3 - http://www.geocities.com/latrinchera2000/archivoimagenes/hominizacion/habilis/habilis6.jpg
Slide 4 - http://teachersnetwork.org/powertolearn/web/Prehistory%20Web%20Quest/images/Homo_Erectus.gif
Slide 5 - www.ugopozzati.it/images/Speranza-Neanderthal.jpg
Slide 6 - http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/Bio/cro-magnon-caverne.jpg
Slide 7 - http://www.izea.net/images/africa.gif
Slide 8 - www.rim101.net/pictures/xrm0101b.jpg
Slide 9 - http://www.princetonfamilycenter.org/images/cavemen.jpg
Slide 10 - www.preceptaustin.org

12. Road to the Agricultural Revolution

Paleolithic to Neolithic Era
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13.

14. Prehistory

• Prehistoric or Prehistory – refers
to the time before the
advancement of writing.

15. Paleolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era
also means Old
Stone Age.
• The Paleolithic
or old stone age
began 2 million
years go.

16. Paleolithic Era

• Homo Sapiens during
this period were:
– Nomads
– The first to make
simple tools and
weapons.
– Make cave art
– Master the use of Fire.
– Develop a language
– Living in clans

17. Neolithic Era

• Neolithic Era also
means the new
• stone age.
Homo Sapiens during
this period:
• Developed agriculture
• Domesticated animals
• Used advanced tools like spears
• Developed weaving skills

18. The Agricultural Revolution

• The Neolithic Age is
sometimes called
the Agricultural Age
• Nomads turned to
Farmers
• They learned to
domesticate (tame)
animals
• They learned to farm
their food

19. What did it all lead to?

• All of these developments led to the
rise of settlements and agriculture.
• This advanced homo sapiens towards
civilization.

20. Pictures Cited


Slide 2 - http://cavemanchemistry.com/ch120slides/graphics/cartoon/7.png
Slide 3 - http://raconter.net/img/write.jpg
Slide 4 - http://www.accd.edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/Paleohorse3.jpg
Slide 5 - http://youth.crosspointelive.org/uploaded_images/bonfire-748725.jpg
Slide 6 - http://www.svf.uib.no/sfu/blombos/Artefact_Review1_Images/images/Bigbifacials-&-scrapers.jpg
Slide 7 - clipart
Slide 8 - http://www.sewerhistory.org/images/w/wam/moh_wam14.jpg
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