Early Humans Visual Vocabulary HOMINID An early ancestor

Early Humans Visual Vocabulary

HOMINID An early ancestor of humans that developed in Africa & moved around the world

HUNTER-GATHERERS Early humans who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive.

NOMADIC LIFESTYLE CONSTANTLY MOVING FROM PLACE TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR BASIC

PALEOLITHIC ERA PALEO= OLD LITHIC= STONE Known as the old stone age. Early Humans used stone tools and moved to survive.

NEOLITHIC ERA NEO= NEW LITHIC= STONE Known as the new stone age. Early humans stopped moving and started farming

ICE AGE A time of climate change when huge ice glaciers covered the Earth’s surface allowing the early humans to travel over the frozen water to new land.

ARCHAEOLOGIST A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions, and monuments from the past

cave paintings A FORM OF COMMUNICATION USED DURING A TIME OF NO SPOKEN LANGUAGE. USED TO TELL STORIES, PASS ALONG INFORMATION, OR TRACK ANIMALS.

LAND BRIDGE A strip of land that connects two continents together that aren’t normally connected

Mankind The Story of All of Us: The Earliest Humans | History ●https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=r. MOtze. Jz. Pf 4 EARLY ANCESTORS: What connects all men to our earliest ancestors? __________________ The Y Chromosome Adam lived between ______ and ________ years ago. Y Chromosome Adam probably lived in a small community consisting of _____ to _______ people in the woodlands or grasslands of ____________ or _____________. The ability to sweat, get rid of heat, and move in the midday sun becomes a __________ advantage.

MIGRATING: ●People have this idea that early humans sat up one day and said: “We’re going to move to ______, we’re going to move to ___________, but that’s not quite what happened. ” ●In reality, early humans moved slowly from one geographic ________ to another. ●Early humans left Africa around __________ years ago, and the move took ___________ of years. ●Early humans made it to Europe around _________ years ago, and in the middle of the _____ Age.

●True or False: it was very difficult for early Homo Sapiens to survive and be successful due to other species threatening their survival. _________ ●Homo Sapiens are the most ___________ and intelligent. ●Reaction : [Complete in 5 sentences] Would you want to travel back and time and trade lives for a day with an early human to experience what their life was like? Why or why not?