Unit 1: From Pre-History to Early Civilizations

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Unit 1 From Pre-History to Early Civilizations

• Chapter 1 Early Peoples of the World
• (Pages 2-9)

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For our class

• There are 8 Units in this book (about 1 month
  for each)
• Each Unit has 3-5 Chapters (about 1 chapter a
  week)
• Each Chapter has 3-5 Sections (1 section each
  day)

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Lets look at pages 2 and 3 in your book

• Why does the start of each chapter have a time
  line?
• Why is there a map on the top right of the start
  of each Chapter?
• Is there anything you should read on this page?
• What else on that page looks like it could be
  useful?

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Now lets look at page 4

• Most people skip over the parts which will help
  them the most.
• Right under the title are the MAIN IDEAS of the
  section.
• On the left are Terms to Know often words
  that may be new or unfamiliar to you).
• What else SHOULD you look at in each section
  (before you start to read?

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Lets start on Section I Prehistoric
Time(Pages 2-9)

• This section is about
• How archeological discoveries led scientists to
  believe that human pre-history began in Africa.
• How some groups of pre-historic humans developed
  tools.
• How humans adapted to changing conditions in
  their environment.

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• Pre-history any period of time before things
  were recorded

This never happened (people fighting dinosaurs)
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http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_time_scale
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• Archeologists people who study the past
• Items they find helps them figure out the past
  even 6-7 million years ago during the stone
  age.
• Modern technology has helped archeologists a lot
  things like carbon-14 dating, ground sensors,
  and even space/satellite images.

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Early humans
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• When scientists looked for early humans, they
  looked in Africa.
• These scientists were anthropologists people
  who study humans and their characteristics

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• Two of these anthropologists were Louis and Mary
  Leaky -they found a hominid fossil as much as
  4.5 million years old (the oldest human-like
  fossil found).
• Their son found another homo-habilis about
  1.8 million years old.
• And, another man found Lucy a skeleton about
  3 million years old an Australopithecus
  hominid.

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Anthropologists think
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• About 2.6 million years ago, people started using
  tools.
• Humans are the only species on earth that uses
  tools so thats a pretty big thing.
• Its the very start of human culture a way of
  life thats passed to the next generation.

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Some other groups of hominids

• Homo-erectus first to use fire, hunt animals,
  cook food, fish (the men), and care for children,
  and hunt for nuts, fruits, and berries (the
  women).
• Also began to migrate (move) to new places
  (food, warmth, safety).
• People who move around all the time can also be
  called (nomads)

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AnotherHomo-Sapiens two groups of hominids

• Neanderthals
• Early homo sapiens
• Lived about 70,000 BC
• They knew how to hunt, use stone and wood tools,
  and lives mostly in caves, and maybe even played
  some music.
• No one really know why they disappeared, but
  maybe during an ice age.

• Cro-Magnons
• May have competed with Neanderthals for food.
• Good toolmakers, hunters, and fishermen.
• Superior language skills
• By 8000 BC were very much like modern humans.
• Well known for their art (next slide)

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Cro-Magnon Art
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• About 300 caves in Europe (France) have early
  paintings
• Also some ivory, antler and stone sculptures
• What might be reasons they made these paintings?
  (practical/artistic/other)

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And, some things which havent been explained
yet(like Stonehenge)
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Stop here for now
Finish the bottom of page "A"
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