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Early
Humans for Kids
| Time Period |
Name |
Quick Glimpse
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Introduction |
Did man live at the same time as
dinosaurs? What is a hominid? What is an artifact? What is a fossil? Find
out here! |
About
3 million BCE |
Australopithecus
"Southern Ape" |
Human-like hominids
Lucy
Basic traits of humans. Special because he could stand up. Main
physical difference between early man and apes are the hands. |
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About
2 million BCE |
Homo
Habilis
"Handy Man"
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First true humans
Stone tools -
the first tool-maker
Lived in Africa
Taller, had a larger brain |
About
1.5 million BCE
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Homo
Erectus
"Upright Man" |
Made
and controlled fire
The first hunters
Traveled over land bridges from Africa, to begin to populate the
world, about 1 million years ago |
About
500,000 B.C. |
Homo
Sapiens
"Wise Man"
& Neanderthals |
Neanderthals
Buried their dead with ceremony.
Stone-tipped spears, bone needles, bone fish hooks, sewed their
clothes from animal skins, warm boots Buried their dead with ceremony.
Stone-tipped spears, bone needles, bone fish hooks, sewed their
clothes from animal skins, warm boots
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About
25,000 BCE until about 10,000 BCE |
Homo
Sapiens Sapiens &
"Moderns"
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Cave
Paintings
Cro-Magnon
& "Moderns"
Bow and arrows, well constructed huts with central hearths
for fires; necklaces & pendants, cave art, little statues made
from ivory, antler, bone; tools and weapons for hunting and
fishing, oil lamps. Used honey to sweeten food. End of the last Ice
Age about 10,000 years ago. |
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Links
for Kids |
Games, Stories, Interactive
Activities |
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Links
for Teachers |
Lesson Plans, Additional Resources |
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Charles
Darwin |
Theories of Human Evolution |
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Powerpoints
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San
People of the Kalahari Desert |
Free
Video Clips about Early Man
Free
Games
Free
Clipart
Free
Templates
Free
Lesson Plans for Teachers
Free
Presentations in PowerPoint format
about Early Man
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