1. The Originof Humans Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HSChappaqua, NY

2. Theories on prehistory and early man constantly change as new evidence comes to light.- Louis Leakey, Britishpaleoanthropologist The First Humans 3. Early Discoveries 4. Stages of Early Human Development 1.4,000,000 BCE 1,000,000 BCE 2.1,500,000 BCE -- 250,000 BCE 3.250,000 BCE 30,000 BCE 4.30,000 BCE -- 10,000 BCE Paleolithic Age : ( Old Stone Age ) 2,500,000 BCEto 8,000 BCE 5. The Paleolithic Age

Paleolithic-->Old Stone Age

2,500,000 BCE 10,000 BCE

hunting ( men ) & gathering ( women )small bands of 20-30 humans

NOMADIC(moving from place to place)

Made tools

6. Stage 1 4,000,000 BCE 1,000,000 BCE

Hominids--> any member of the family of two-legged primates that includes all humans.

Australopithecines

AnApposableThumb

7. Stage 1

HOMO HABILIS ( Man of Skills )

found in East Africa.

created stone tools.

8. The Paleolithic Age

Humans during this period found shelter in caves.

Cave paintings left behind.

Purpose?? 9. Stage 2 1,6000,000 BCE 30,000 BCE

HOMO ERECTUS( Upright Human Being )

Larger and more variedtools --> primitive technology

First hominid to migrate and leave Africa for Europe and Asia.

First to use fire ( 500,000 BCE )

BIPEDALISM

10. Differing Human Migration Theories Are we all Africans under the skin???? 11. Stage 3 200,000 BCE 10,000 BCE HOMO SAPIENS ( Wise Human Being ) Neanderthals ( 200,000 BCE 30,000 BCE ) Cro-Magnons ( 40,000 BCE 10,000 BCE ) 12. Stage 3 NEANDERTHALS:

Neander Valley,Germany (1856)

First humans to bury their dead.

Made clothes from animal skins.

Lived in caves and tents.

13. Stage 3 NEANDERTHALS Early Hut/Tent 14. Stage 3 CRO-MAGNONs:

Homo sapiens sapiens ( Wise, wise human )

By 30,000 BCE they replaced Neanderthals.

WHY??? 15. Homo sapiens sapiens in Europe 16. The Last Ice Age 70,000 BCE 10,000 BCE 17. The Neolithic Age

Neolithic New Stone Age

10,000 BCE 4,000 BCE

Gradual shift from:

Nomadic lifestyle settled, stationery lifestyle. Hunting/Gatheringagricultural production and domestication of animals. 18. The Agricultural Revolution

8,000 BCE 5,000 BCE

Agriculture developed independently in different parts of the world.

SLASH-AND-BURN Farming

Middle EastIndiaCentral AmericaChinaSoutheast Asia 8,000 BCE7,000 BCE6,500 BCE6,000 BCE5,000 BCE 19. The Agricultural Revolution Developmentof Agriculture ? ? ? ? 20. The Agricultural Revolution Why do you think the development of agriculture occurred around the same time in several different places? 21. The Agricultural Revolution Why do some archaeologists believe that women were the first farmers? 22. Early Settled Communities

Growing crops on a regular basis made possible thesupport of larger populations.

More permanent, settled communities emerged.

9,000 BCEEarliest Agricultural Settlement at JARMO ( northern Iraq ) wheat

23. Early Settled Communities

8,000 BCELargest Early Settlement at atal H yk ( Modern Turkey )6,000 inhabitants

Division of labor

Engaged in trade

Organized religion

Small military

12 cultivated crops

An obsidian dagger 24. Early Settled Communities atal Hyk 25. The Agricultural Revolution What role did the food supply play in shaping the nomadic life of hunter-gatherers and the settled life of the farmers? 26. Why is the"Neolithic Revolution"a turning pointin human history?? 27. What is the next step in thedevelopment of human settlements?? 28. CIVILIZATIONS !! CITIES ! 29. What are the characteristics of a civilization?? 30. Advanced Cities CIVILIZATION Specialized Workers Complex Institutions Record- Keeping Advanced Technology