THE EVOLUTION OF MAN!

HUMAN ORIGINS FOUND IN AFRICA!

What do you think the earliest humans looked like?

Although teams of scientists study Pre-History (time period before written records existed) there are still a ton of ?????????????????????

ARCHEOLOGY:

The study of past human life and culture by the examination of evidence such as graves, buildings, tools, and potter y.

WHAT IS AN ARTIFACT?

CULTURE:

The UNIQUE way people live their lives

HOMINID DISCOVERIES

Hominids – creatures who walk upright.

Mary Leaker – Tanzia, Africa (1970’s)

FOOTPRINTS IN THE ASH

“What do these footprints tell us?…that at least 3,600,000 years ago, what I believe to be man’s direct ancestor walked fully upright…Second, that the form of the foot was exactly the same as ours…the footprint produced some kind of time wrench…”

-Mary Leakey (1970’s)

LUCY

Donald Johnson – Ethiopia Full Skeleton – “Lucy” Walked upright Opposable thumbs

STONE AGE/PALEOLITHIC AGE

Use of tools Mastery of fire Development of language

HOMO HABILIS

Hominid found again in Africa

Considered “man with ability”

1st evidence of using tools

Life started to get easier

HOMO ERECTUS

Migrated

Hunted

Advanced tools

First to use fire

Possible spoken language

HOMO SAPIENS

Modern Humans – “wise man”

Neanderthals VS. Cro-Magnons

Neanderthals – Not ancestors of modern humans

Cro-Magnons – Direct ancestors of modern humans

QUICK RESPONSE -

What skill – tool making, use of fire, or language gave hominids the most control over their environment? Why?