Chapter 2 Early Hominids

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Chapter 2 - Early Hominids
Section 2.1 Introduction
There are _______ important groups of __________,
or prehistoric humans. _________________________
specialize in the studying of the earliest
hominids. (paleo means ___________.
In 1974, ____________ ________________,
discovered a 3 million year old hominid that he
nicknamed ___________, after a Beatles song.
Name _________ Date _________ Class _________
The bones they found included a piece of _______,
a jawbone, a _________ and ________
______________.
What are capabilities?
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Chapter 2 - Early Hominids
2.2 Australopithecus Afarensis Lucy and Her
Relatives
_______________________ means southern ape Lucy
belonged to Australopithecus ______________.
Where is the Afar Triangle? How tall was Lucy?
Name _______________ Date _______________ Class
_______________
2.3 Lucy and Her Relatives Walking on Two Feet
What is an anthropologist? What are
remains? What is biped?
Lucys relatives lived in ___________________,
about 3 to _____ million years ago. Advantages of
walking on two feet (or being biped) are
_______________ food and ____________ themselves
and their__________________. Were hominids from
Lucys time able to talk? Did they have tools in
Lucys time?
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2.4 Homo Habilis Handy Man
Chapter 2 - Early Hominids
Name_______________ Date_______________ Class__
_____________
Discovered by _________ and Mary _____________.
They found bones scattered among ________________
that looked like __________. Homo Habilis means -
________________________. Handy man lived 1.5 to
_____ million years ago. They found Handy Man
remains only in ___________. They discovered the
bones of more than one ____________
______________ together. This means they
probably lived in ________________. Living with
others helped them to _____________. They
____________ themselves against animal attacks
and collected food over ____________ _________ of
land.
2.5 Handy Man Toolmaker
Handy Mans _________ were very simple. They
used rocks as _______________ __________. Sharp
stones for __________________ and animal bones
for __________________. They had to ____________
to make the tool. Then, they had to _________
it. The ability to make tools helped Handy Man
live __________ than Lucy.
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Chapter 2 - Early Hominids
Name_______________ Date_______________ Class__
_____________
2.6 Homo Erectus Upright Man
_______ ________ was discovered in 1891 by a
Dutchman named Eugene ____________ on the island
of _______________. Homo Erectus means
_______________ ________. This hominid group
lived from 1.8 million years ago to ___________.
They were the first to _____________ out of
Africa. Their remains have been found in
____________ and __________________. Walking
___________ allowed them to migrate to other
places.
They made more ____________ tools and Homo
habilis. They made strong ___________-______
made of stone. Their greatest advantage was the
ability to use _______. They ate ____ ______,
_______, rhinoceros, goat, boar, and
____________. They found remains in
_______________, where they built oval huts.
They slept on _________ skins and may have
decorated their bodes with a yellow-colored mud
called ________. Building shelters allowed them
to live in ____________ climates. Controlling
______ helped them to ________ the cold and
___________themselves against animals.
2.7 Upright Man Traveling with Fire
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Chapter 2 - Early Hominids
Name_______________ Date_______________ Class__
_____________
In 1856 workers in Germanys ___________ ______
found N______________________. This group is a
part of Homo ______________ (Wise ______).
________________________ lived after Upright Man
from 230,000 to _______________ years ago. What
continents did they live on? Neanderthals used
more than _____ types of ________, such as
__________, scrapers, and ____________
______________. They were the first early
____________ to hunt in an ____________ group.
2.8 Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis Neanderthals
2.9 Neanderthals A Sense of Community
Scientists believe that __________________ had a
sense of ____________________. They buried their
___________ with hunting _____________ and
flowers. Neanderthals worked together to
_________________ and trap an _______________.
They used _________ to kill animals. They cared
for the_________ and injured.
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Chapter 2 - Early Hominids
Name_______________ Date_______________ Class__
_____________
In 1879 a young Spanish girl found the first
_____________ cave __________. They were made
by Homo ____________ __________, or Doubly
_______ Man. The earliest modern humans lived
from ____________to______________ B.C.E. all over
the world (not Antarctica). They probably
crossed ______ _____________ to travel to North
and South __________. Early modern humans made
better _________, like sewing _________, a spear
___________, and a bow and ___________. These
weapons meant they could hunt from a _________,
which meant hunting was much ____________.
2.10 Homo Sapiens Sapiens Early Modern Humans
2.11 Early Modern Humans The First Artists
Early modern humans ____________ on walls. They
carved and _____________ images out of clay,
____________, flint, and ________________. They
had the ability to ____________, dream, and
communicate thoughts. This may have contributed
to the development of complex _______________,
which makes us fully human.