Do Now Imagine you lived 30,000 years ago

during the Stone Age. How or what would you use as resources to survive?

List them under these headings: FOOD SHELTER CLOTHING

TOOLS

“Brain Pop” http://

www.brainpop.com/science/ecologyandbehavior/humanevolution/preview.weml

Chapter 2 Section 1The First People

Big Idea: Prehistoric people learned to adapt to their environment, to make simple tools, use fire,

& use a simple language

Early Hominids Historians rely on archaeologists to study

Prehistory-

1959 Mary Leakey: 1st discovered early hominids in Africa.

1974 Donald Johanson• “Lucy”• One of earliest ancestors

Early Hominid Sites

“Lucy”

Hominids & Early Humans Paleolithic Era- Old Stone Age lasted

until 10,000 years ago 1.5 million years ago

• Homo erectus “upright man”• Controlled fire & cooked food• Simple stone tools

200,000 years ago• Homo sapiens “wise man”• Created fire• Developed Language• Variety of tools

Hunter-gatherers (Nomadic)

Early humans formed small societies.• Men-Hunted• Women-Gathered

Relied on environment for survival• Language & Art- way to express themselves• Believed religion developed during stone

age

Do Now Please open to page 33

in your textbook, read “Linking to Today” and answer the question that follows.

How and why did early humans express themselves?

Why do you think hunting in groups was safer than hunting alone?

Review What was the name of the era where

people used Stones as tools?

Nomad?

Paleolithic characteristics?

Homework

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