Early Humans Chapter 1, Section 1

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Early HumansChapter 1, Section 1

• Vocabulary
• historian archaeologist artifact
• fossil anthropologist nomad
• technology domesticate specialization

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Early HumansTools of Discovery

• __________ is the story of humans in the past.
• Historians________________________________.
• We know about the past from things people left
  behind.
• Archaeologists_____________________________.
• Anthropologists_____________________________.
• Both look for artifacts and fossils to tell us
  about the past (pg 9).
• Artifacts________________________________________
  .
• Fossils_________________________________________.
  
• Historians call early period of human history the
  Stone Age (called this b/c people used stone to
  make tools/weapons).

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Fossils or Artifacts
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Archaeological Dig Sites
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Early Humans

• Earliest period of Old Stone Age was the
  __________ period.
• Began about 2.5 million yrs ago lasted until
  about 8000 B.C.
• Paleolithic people were _________ b/c they hunted
  and gathered and constantly moved around.
• Nomads_________________________________.
• Men and Women had different roles
• Womencared for children gathered berries,
  nuts, and grains.
• Menhunted animals using clubs, spears, traps,
  and bows arrows.

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Early Humans

• Paleolithic people adapted to their ___________.
• Warm climates wore little clothing and not much
  need for shelter.
• Cold climates used caves for shelter and over
  time learned to use animal hides and wooden poles
  to create shelters.
• Paleolithic people discovered ______.
• Fire kept them warm, provided light, and helped
  cook food.
• Needed fire to survive ________.
• Ice Age long periods of extreme cold.
• Paleolithic people also developed spoken
  _________. (This made it easier to work together
  and pass on knowledge. )
• Also expressed themselves not in words, but
  _____.

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Early Humans

• Crushed yellow, black, red to make powders.
• Painted pics of lions, oxens, panthers, other
  animals on cave walls. (These may have had
  religious meaning)
• Paleolithic people were first to use ___________.
• Technology_______________
• _________________________.
• Created tools like spears and axes using a hard
  stone called flint.
• Over time, they started creating sharper tools
  like fishhooks and needles made from animal bones.

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Early HumansNeolithic Times

• After last Ice Age, people began to __________.
• Known as the Neolithic Age or _________________.
• Domesticate______________________________.
• Domesticated animals carried goods and provided
  meat, milk, and wool.
• About the same time, people in different regions
  of the world began to grow crops. Historians
  call this the _____________________.
• Revolution_____________________________________.
• Villages started forming b/c farmers had to stay
  close to their fields.
• These started forming near rivers and bodies of
  water.

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Early Humans--Neolithic

• One of oldest villages is ____________ in present
  day Israel and Jordan.
• Another is ________________ in present day
  Turkey.
• Permanent villages provided people w/more
  security and steady food. Surplus of food led
  to larger populations.
• Not all were farmers Some started making
  pottery, mats, and cloth. Started trading these
  goods to get things they didnt have.
• People practiced ______________________.
• Late Neolithic times, continued to make advances
• Created better farming tools.
• Began working with metal, copper, and tin.
• Started to work with ____________ b/c it was
  harder and longer lasting.

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Paleolithic vs. Neolithic
Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age
Description of Art and Crafts
How Humans Obtained Food
How Humans Adapted
Work of Women and Men