Early Humans Vocabulary
• Nomad-person who moves from place to
place following animals to hunt for food and
gathering edible plants
• Innovation-process of creating new ideas,
devices, or methods
Early Humans
I. Social Scientist who study the
past
A. archeologist – digs up artifacts to examine the
past
1. artifacts = objects made or used by people
of the past
B. geographer - maps the past
C. historian – records the past
D. anthropologist – studies human development
and culture
II. Clues of the Past
A. Prehistoric times (before written history)
1. Clues about:
a. Animal life, resources, religion, heroes,
stories, tools, decorations, events, hunting
B. Example: Cave Paintings of Lascaux, France
(11,000-18,000 years old)
Warm Up-Sept. 22 & 24
• Write down your new assignment in your agenda.
• In the warm up section of your Inbook match the
definition to its term-write both the word and it’s
definition:
___ 1. archaeologist
A. studies human culture
___ 2. anthropologist
B. writes about the past
___ 3. geographer
C. digs for artifacts
___ 4. historian
D. maps the past
III. Early Hominids = prehistoric
humans-like animals
A. Discoveries
1. Remains of Lucy
(Australopithecus afarensis)
a. 3-4 million years ago,
found in Africa
b. 3 feet tall, 1/3 size
brain
c. Bi-ped = ability to walk
on two feet
d. no tools found
Lucy replica
III. Early Hominids
Reconstruction
of Handy Man
2. Handy Man (Homo Habilis)
a. ability to make tools for
chopping, cutting and
digging
b. Lived in Africa only
3. Upright Man (Homo
Erectus)
a. believed that they migrated
out of Africa
b. use of fire
Reconstruction
c. Fire allowed for
migration
of Upright Man
III. Early Hominids
4. Neanderthals (Homo Sapiens
Neanderthalensis) 230,000-30,000 years ago
a. larger brains
b. 60 types of tools found
c. sense of community, burial grounds
5. Modern Humans (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) 35,000
years ago-present
a. cave paintings
b. probably migrated by land bridges
c. more sophisticated tools
Hominid Trading Cards p. 15
• On p. 15 of your
Inbook, divide it
into six parts 
• In each section
create a picture of
the Hominid and
write three facts
about that type of
Hominid on the
“card.”
Hominid
Trading
Cards
Lucy
1. Fact 1
2. Fact 2
3. Fact 3
Upright Man
Handy Man
Neanderthal
Homo Sapien
Warm Up-Sept. 25 & 25
• In the WARM UP section of your Inbook answer the
following questions (write the question and your
answer-in complete sentences- in the warm up
section and date it):
1. How to create fire was a discovery of Homo
Erectus (Upright Man). How would this help him
and future hominids?
2. Homo Habilis (Handy Man) learned how to create
and use tools. How would this help him and future
hominids?
**Pages 13-14 of your Inbook can help you with this.
IV. Path to Revolution
A. Paleolithic = Old Stone Age (2 million years
ago to about 8000 BCE)
1. Hunters and gatherers
2. nomadic , so life was not stable
3. followed food sources by hunting and
gathering to survive
Revolution! Revolution! Revolution!
IV. Hunter and Gatherer
B. Neolithic = New Stone Age ( 8000 BCE to about
3000 BCE)
1. began with agricultural revolution
a. agriculture means:
Growing crops and domesticating animals
2. Agricultural Revolution includes:
a. farming brings stability
b. domestication of animals (training a wild
animal for useful purposes)
c. use of metal tools
C. Change leads to change
a. basic needs are met so….
b. permanent shelters are built, forming…
c. human communities allows for…
d. division of labor = jobs divided by workers
i. specialized skills and new jobs
Allowing time for….
e. innovation ( new ideas and inventions )
f. trade begins
i. traditional economy = barter
Warm Up-September 29 & 30
• Write your homework assignment in your
agenda.
• In your WARM UP SECTION of your Inbook
write down the following definitions in your
OWN words:
NomadicAgricultureHominidDomesticationPrehistoric-
Change Leads to Change Flow Chart
• Create a flow chart of the 6 parts of “Change Leads
to Change” in your notes.
• Illustrate (create a picture w/color) of each change.
• Create some sort of graphic to show how one event
flowed into the next event.
Event 1
Event 6
Event 2
Event 5
Event 3
Event 4