Neanderthals
Neanderthals. Neanderthals – how are they our cousins, but not our ancestors?. Neanderthals. What sort of people were Neanderthals?. What sort of people were Neanderthals?. What do you notice about the data below?.
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Neanderthals – how are they our cousins, but not our ancestors?
(write these four questions down)1 - What do you need to make a society? Did Neanderthals have one?
Quiz 3 – Paleolithic • Some of our ancestors existed between Australopithecus (Lucy) and Homo Sapiens. Which of our ancestors lived… • 1 – 2 MYA? • 2 – 1 MYA? • 3 – What is the term for a creature that gets around on two feet (or legs)? • 4 – What is the name for a branch of the homo line that split from our ancestors, and developed more strength than brains? • 5 – What does the Latin term Paleolithic age translate as? • 6 – What does Neolithic age translate as? • For questions 7,8, and 9, list three ways that Lucy’s Australopithecus skeleton is different from ours • 7, 8, 9 • 10 – What is one theory for the extinction of Neanderthals?
Answers • 1 - Homo Habilus • 2 – Homo Erectus • 3 – Bipedal(ism) • 4 – Neanderthal • 5 – Old Stone Age • 6 – New Stone Age • 7,8,9- • 10 – Humans caused extinction on purpose, the spread of disease, inability to adapt and survive, competition from humans for food.