Vocabulary
A time before writing
Prehistory
Migrate
How do we learn about ancient humans?
By finding and studying their bones
When the temperatures around the Earth began to drop what did many early hominids do?
The migrated out of Africa and spread around Asia and Europe.
What were two of the first plants that hominids began to grow?
Wheat and barley
A relative who lived in the past
Ancestor
Ice ages
long periods of freezing weather
Where did the first modern humans appear?
In Africa
How long did it take for hominids to migrate?
Scientist agree that it took hundreds of thousands of years for hominids to migrate throughout the world.
Why did hominids start to domesticate animlas?
Early hominids started to domesticate animals so they don't have to hunt them and so they can have milk, wool, and the animals help them with carrying things
A community of people who share a common culture
Society
Hominid
An early ancestor of humans
During the stone age, what were the tools early humans used?
Sharpened stones, simple axes, and simple spears.
During the ice age the ocean levels were lower, what was exposed because of that? Why is this important?
Land bridges were exposed. This is important because it allowed the hominids spread out from Africa to Asia then to North America
A strip on land connecting two continents
Landbridge
Domestication
The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans
What are hunter-gatherers? Explain the roles for men and women.
A society of early humans that worked together to gather food and care for each other. The men hunted and the women cooked and took care of the children.
Hominids had to adapt to their new environment, what were somethings that they did or invented to adapt?
They began to make clothes, shelters, and new more complex tools such as hooks, bows, and arrows.
What is a sign that Jericho had a leader? Explain your answer
Jericho had a wall surrounding it and to complete a project that big you have to a large group of people working together towards the same goal.
Huge stones used as monuments or sites for religious gatherings
Megaliths
Agriculture
the development of farming from domesticated plants
What 3 things did the hunter-gatherer groups develop?
They developed language, religion, and art.
How is the Neolithic Era different from the Mesolithic Era?