Early Humans

All hominids

100

These two characteristics define hominids, which are a type of ape.

bipedalism and big brains

200

birthplace of humanity

Africa

300

This hominid was the most apelike and could not make tools or speak

Australopithecus

400

This hominid was the first to leave Africa and spread throughout Asia, Europe and the Middle East

H. erectus

Neanderthals

100

Name the main continent Neanderthals lived

Europe

200

This describes the climate epoch that Neanderthals thrived during. 

An Ice Age

300

This is the name of the cave where the "flower burial" was discovered. 

Shanidar Cave

400

This ritual, that left cutmarks on bones and skull of Neanderthals, could have been a way they thought they would carry with them some quality of the deceased. 

cannibalism

archeologists

100

This is a word that means to dig

excavate

200

This is material that provides a "recipe" for how to make a living thing. We analyze it to learn about the characteristics of early hominds

DNA

300

These are two types of materials archeologists try to excavate

bones and artifacts

400

This is a person who may work closely with archeologists who compare bones with other specimens or with other living cultures to learn about early hominids

paleoanthropologist

historical reasoning

100

This is a person who may study the landforms, water, and try to map an area

geographer

200

Which type of person who studies the past asks, "What is this? What do we see?" 

archeologist

300

Which type of person who studies the past is really a writer or storyteller who tries to explain what the evidence tell us? 

historian

400

What do we call soil samples, artifacts, fossils, and other proof about the theories people who study the past? 

evidence