studying the distant past
The study of how human beings behave, how they act together, where they came from, and what makes one group of people different from another.
What is Anthropology
Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants.
What is Technology.
A ________ occurs when people leave their homeland to live somewhere else.
What is Migration.
What is Mr. Hov's phrase of the week?
What'chu Meean!!!!!
A scientist who studies artifacts, or things that people left behind
what is archaeologist
What is the Greek word for "Old stone age"?
What is Paleolithic
What did people have to do when they migrated to a new environment?
What is had to adapt to their new environmental conditions.
What is the difference between archaeologist and geologist?
What is: archaeologist study artifacts while geologist study the physical Earth, soil and rocks.
Identify two ways that Neanderthals differed from modern humans.
What is: Neanderthals were shorter and stockier than modern humans, and may or may not have had complex language skills.
Why do many scientist support the "out of Africa" theory?
What is because of the ancient skulls found around Africa that genetically match with ones found in Europe from the same time period. The remains from Africa show the greatest genetic variety, suggesting that people migrated from Africa in their modern form.
What did Mary Leakey discover, and what did she name it?
What is: An ancient human ancestor, named Handyman, from around 1.5 million years ago.
What are some elements that make up culture?
What is: family organization, beliefs, technology, shelter, clothing, storytelling, rituals, art, language, etc.
How do you think farming might have changed human life?
What is: it could make the food supply more reliable, keep them safe from predators, and allow people to settle in one place.
As an Archaeologist, what are 3 questions that you would ask if you found human like bones in an area with no prior discoveries?
What are: How old are they?
Are there more bones further down?
Are they really human?
How do they compare with other fossils?
How were stone age hunter gatherers different from us?
What is: Had no permanent settlements, had to hunt and gather their food, only had stone, bone, or wood tools, less complex culture, had smaller communities
What technology helped people to survive the last Ice Age?
What is: Fire, stone tools, complex language, shelter, clothing, stronger weapons, flip phones, cd players, etc.