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Early Humans
Unit One, Chapter One
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History
10th Grade
08/22/2010

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Where were first humans?
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Africa
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Who found the early footprints?
Definition
Mary Leaky
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Where were the footprints found?
Definition
Africa in Volcanic Ash
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How are Austilopithecines and Humans different from monkeys?
Definition
We walk upright
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What is it called when a creature walks upright?
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Hominid
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Who discovered Lucy? where? What year?
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Donald Johanson, Ethiopia, 1974
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How old is Lucy?
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3.4 million years old
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When was the Paleolithic/Old Stone age? What happened in it?
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2.5million - 8000bc ; using of tools, fire, languages
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When was the Neolithic Age/New Stone Age?
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8000bc - 3000 bc
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When was the homohabilus found? Where? What was it names?
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1960 ; in the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania ; "Man of Skill"
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When did HomoErectus Appear? What was it named? What is their significance?
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They lived while Homohabilus lived ; "upright man" ; used spoken languages and many tools
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Who did homosapiens descend from?
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Cro-Magnon
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What are Homosapiens named?
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"wise men"
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What is significant about Neaderthols? (4)
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Began to explain world ; religion ; caves ; funerals
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When did CroMagnon appear? What was significant about them(4)?
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40,000 years ago.

tools; hunt better(planning); faster multiply rate ; language and food
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What is an Archeologist?
Definition
Specially trained scientist who work like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric people.
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What is an Artifact?
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human made object (jewelry/tool)
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What is a palentologist?
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study fossils (evidence of early life)
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What is an anthropologist?
Definition
study culture (peoples unique way of life)
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What is Culture?
Definition
a unique way of life
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What is a homonid?
Definition
creatures that walk upright
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