2. Human Origins SOL Terms for Review

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

4. Homo sapiens

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

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

7. 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

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

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

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

11. P P N C? C P C P P C N

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

13. Artifacts • Human made objects • Examples • Tools • Jewelry • Weapons

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

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

16. 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

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

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

19. The Start of Cities led to CIVILIZATIONS

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