THE STONE AGE AND EARLY CULTURES

THE FIRST PEOPLE

KEY TERMS

HISTORIANS CALL THE TIME BEFORE THERE WAS WRITING PREHISTORY.

HOMINID IS AN EARLY ANCESTOR OF HUMANS.

ANCESTOR IS A RELATIVE WHO LIVED IN THE PAST.

MORE KEY TERMS

A TOOL IS ANY HANDHELD ODJECT THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO HELP A PERSON ACCOMPLISH A TASK.

THE FIRST PART OF THE STONE AGE IS CALLED THE PALEOLITHIC ERA,OR OLD STONE AGE.

A SOCIETY IS A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE A COMMON CULTURE.

EVEN MORE KEY TERMS

HUNTER GATHERERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HUNT ANIMALS AND GATHER WILD PLANTS,SEEDS,FRUITS,AND NUTS TO SURVIVE.

REMAINS OF EARLY PEOPLE

SCIENTISTS STUDY THE REMAINS OF EARLY PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE BOOKS BACK THEN SO ALL THAT SCIENTISTS CAN STUDY TODAY IS THE REMAINS OF THE PEOPLE.

EARLY HOMINIDS

AUSTRALOPITHECUS HOMO HABILIS HOMO ERECTUS HOMO SAPIENS

NAME MEANS SOUTHERN APE NAME MEANS HANDY MAN NAME MEANS UPRIGHT MAN NAME MEANS WISE MAN

APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT 4-5 MILLION YEARS AGO

APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT 2.4 MILLION YEARS AGO

APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT2-1.5 MILLION YEARS

AGO

APPEARED IN AFRICA ABOUT 200,000 YEARS AGO

STOOD UPRIGHT AND WALKED ON TWO LEGS

USED EARLY STONE TOOLS FOR CHOPPING AND

SCRAPING

USED EARLY TOOLS LIKE THE HAND AX

MIGRATED AROUND THE WORLD

BRAIN WAS ABOUT ONE-THIRD THE SIZE OF MODERN

HUMANS

BRAIN WAS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF MODERN HUMANS

LEARNED TO CONTROL FIRELEARNED TO CREATE FIRE

AND USE A WIDE VARIETY OF TOOLS

MIGRATED OUT OF AFRICA TO ASIA AND EUROPE

DEVELOPED LANGUAGE

TOOLS

ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT EARLY PEOPLE USED WERE HAND AXES TO BREAK TREE LIMBS,TO DIG,AND TO CUT ANIMAL HIDES.

ANOTHER TOOL WAS A SPEAR THAT THEY USED FOR HUNTING.

THEY ALSO USED A STONE CHOPPER FOR SCRAPPING AND CHOPPING.

HUNTER GATHERERS

HUNTER GATHERERS ARE PEOPLE WHO HUNT ANIMALS AND GATHER BERRIES.

HUNTER GATHERER PICTURE

LANGUAGE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.

ART AND RELIGION WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY COULD DRAW WHAT THEY DID.

EARLY PEOPLE MIGRATION

KEY TERMS

MIGRATE-TO MOVE

THESE FREEZING TIMES ARE CALLED THE ICE AGES

A LAND BRIDGE IS A STRIP OF LAND CONNECTING TWO CONTINENTS

MESOLITHIC ERA,OR THE MIDDLE STONE AGE

WHAT WAS THE ICE AGE

THE ICE AGE WAS A PERIOD OF FREEZING WEATHER.THE ICE AGE IMPACTED ON THE EARLY HUMANS BECAUSE IT WAS COLDER FOR THE PEOPLE AND HARDER FOR THE PEOPLE TO SURVIVE.

SETTLING IN NEW LANDS

PEOPLE GOT FROM ASIA TO NORTH AMERICA BY A LAND BRIDGE SOME SCHOLARS BELIVE.

PICTURE OF MIGRATION MAP

ADAPTING TO NEW ENVIROMENTS

PEOPLE HAD TO ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIROMENTS TO STAY ALIVE

BEGINNING OF AGRICULTURE

KEY TERMS

NEOLITHIC ERA OR NEW STONE AGE

THE PROCESS OF CHANGING PLANTS OR ANIMALS TO MAKE THEM MORE USEFUL TO HUMANS IS CALLED DOMESTICATION

AGRICULTURE OR FARMING

MEGALITHS ARE HUGE STONES USED AS MONUMENTS

THE FIRST FARMERS

THE KINDS OF TOOLS THAT THEY USED IN THE NEOLITHIC ERA WERE POLISHED STONES THAT THEY MADE IN TO SAWS AND DRILLS.

HISTORIANS CALL THE SHIFT FROM FOOD GATHERING TO FOOD PRODUCING THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION.

THE PROCESS OF CHANGING PLANTS OR ANIMALS TO MAKE THEM MORE USEFUL TO HUMANS IS CALLED DOMESTICATION.

AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE CHANGED HUMAN SOCIETY FOREVER BECAUSE PEOPLE COULD MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD.