Ancient Man

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• Ancient Man

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I. CHAPTER ONE

• A. Prehistory
• 1. Human existence before written records
• 2. History systematic written record of the
  human past.
• 3. Fossil remains of homo sapiens
• a. Eastern Africa
• b. Movement and expansion

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Expansion of Homo sapiens
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4. Pre-History A search for truth?

• a. Archaeology
• b. Anthropology
• c. Date fossils using radiocarbon and thermo
  luminescence dating.

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FACT VSFICTION
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B. PALEOLITHIC AGE (2,500,000 to 10,000 B.C.)

1. The Old Stone Age (tools made of stone)
2. First humanlike creatures lived in Africa three
   to four million years ago
3. First modern humans, known as Homo sapiens
   sapiens appeared in Africa between 150,000 to
   200,000 years ago.
4. Humans used stone tools, lived in caves, and were
   nomadic
5. Findings Neanderthal Man and Lucy

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6. Settlements

• a. Lascaux, France (cave paintings)
• b. Altamira, Spain
• c. Hadar, Eastern Africa (Lucy)
• d. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
• Cradle of Mankind
• e. Neander Valley, Germany
• (Neanderthal Man)

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LUCY
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Neanderthal Man
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Lascaux Cave Paintings
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Paleolithic Art
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NEOLITHIC AGE (10,000 to 4000 B. C.)

• New Stone Age
• Move towards civilization
• a. Agricultural Revolution
• 1. Domestication of animals
• 2. Crops developed
• 3. Food gatherers to food producers
• b. Sedentary Life

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Neolithic Dwellings
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D. The Emergence of Civilizations

• Main Characteristics of a Civilization
• a. growth of cities with governments
• b. use of writing
• c. development and use of a calendar
• d. advanced technical skills (artistic activity)
• e. division of labor with creation of a social
  structure

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1. First Civilizations (River City Civs)

• a. Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates)
• b. Egypt (Nile)
• c. India (Indus)
• d. China (Yellow)

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