Human Origins SOL Terms for Review Homo sapiens

Human Origins SOL Terms for Review

Homo sapiens • Emerged in Africa between 100, 000 and 400, 000 years ago • Migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas.

Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens • Thinking man • Modern man • Nomadic • Began making tools out of stone.

Nomadic • migrate • Moved from place in search of food, water, shelter • Hunters & Gatherers

• • Paleolithic Were nomadic Invented the first simple tools weapons Learned how to make fire Lived in clans Developed oral language Created “cave art” Old Stone Age

Agricultural Revolution • Women gathering fruits and vegetables realized they could plant seeds and grow food • Paleolithic people began farming

Domesticated • process where animals become accustomed to human control. • animals are tamed for food or work are called livestock or farm animals.

Neolithic • Developed agriculture • Domesticated animals • Used advanced tools • Settled • Made pottery • Developed weaving skills • New Stone Age

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Culture • A people’s unique way of life • Includes religion, language and government

Artifacts • Human made objects • Examples –Tools –Jewelry –Weapons

Fossils • preserved remains or traces, such as footprints, of animals, plants, and other organisms

Archaeologists • study past cultures by locating and analyzing – human remains –Fossils –artifacts.

Carbon Dating • Archeologists apply scientific tests • Discover the dates in which fossils and artifacts originated • Measure the amount of C 14 remaining in an object

Stonehenge • Construction began in the Stone Age and was completed in the Bronze Age • Archeological Site in Southern England

Bronze Age • People began using this stronger material rather than stone

The Start of Cities led to

Ur • Sumerian City State • First city EVER • Neolithic City