The First People

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The First People
Homo habilis

• Humans, similar to, but not exactly as we know
  them today, have been around for about 1,000,000
  years.
• Hominids however, or early ancestors of humans,
  have roamed parts of the earth for between 4 and
  5 million years.

Homo erectus
Homo sapiens
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Homo habilis
Homo habilis means handy man

• They roamed Africa about 2.4 million years ago.
• Their brains were about half the size of modern
  humans.
• They used early stone tools for scraping and
  chopping.

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Homo erectus

• They roamed Africa about 1.5 - 2 million years
  ago.
• They migrated to Asia and Europe.
• They used more advanced tools like the hand ax.
• They learned to control fire.

Their name means upright man.
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Homo sapiens

• First appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago.
• They migrated around the world.
• We are homo sapiens.
• They learned to CREATE fire.
• They used many different tools.
• They developed language.

Homo sapien means wise man.
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The Stone Age
A tool is a handheld object that has been changed
to help a person.
Paleolithic Era

• The time in which these hominids lived is called
  the Stone Age.
• The Stone Age is broken into three eras.
• These eras are defined by the tools used.

Mesolithic Era
Neolithic Era
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The Paleolithic Era
Hunter-gatherers traveled with the herds and
gathered fruits and nuts to eat.

• Stone tools were used during this era.
• Most of these tools were used to cut, chop, and
  scrape food.
• People during the Paleolithic Era were
  hunter-gatherers.

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The Ice Age

• Scientist believe that for a period of time the
  world was very cold.
• In order to survive, people had to adapt and try
  to find warmer locations.
• They began to migrate, or move, to new places.

Migration took hundreds of thousands of years.
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The Mesolithic Era

• The people of the Mesolithic Era, also known as
  the Middle Stone Age, used bone and detailed
  stone tools.
• Fishing hooks were also used, as well as bows and
  arrows.
• Canoes were also created to travel the rivers.

The first pets were kept during the Mesolithic
Era.