Vocabulary 1
Died out, no longer exists
Extinct
To change into a new species over time
Evolve
Early humans came from other ________________
mammals
How did early humans evolve?
They walked on 2 legs and had big brains
How do scientists know about early human migration?
By studying fossils
Growing plants and raising animals for food
Agriculture
A long period of time with an unusually cold climate
Ice Age
The ___________ record tells us about early humans
fossil
How do scientists know modern-day
humans are related to primates?
DNA evidence
What did early humans use tools for?
Hunting and making clothes
A human species that no longer exists
Neanderthal
A period of time
Era
Early humans survived by _______________ and gathering
hunting
How did early humans find food?
They moved from place to place to find resources
How did pottery help early humans?
It was used to save food for droughts and winters
An abbreviation for Before the Common Era, used to tell when something occurred
BCE
A genetic code found in cells that makes everyone unique
DNA
_____________made early humans' lives easier
tools
Why was it hard to find enough resources
to survive during an ice age?
The climate was very cold
Why do most modern-day humans
have some Neanderthal DNA?
Modern-day humans’ ancestors lived and
interbred with Neanderthals
The remains of living things from long ago, like bones or marks on a rock
Fossil
People who move from place to place
Nomads
Early humans left ______________and moved throughout the world
Africa
How did early humans move around the world?
Land bridges connected continents during ice ages
Where did the common ancestor of human species live?
Africa