Warm Up
You were just stranded on a
deserted island. What would be five items that
you would bring? Why?
Prehistory is the time before written records were kept. Since people didn’t write down their history we have to do our best to figure out what happened.
3 Million Years Ago…Early HumansIt was during this time that the higher primates, including apes and early man, first appeared.
• There was a difference between apes and man. Early human-like hominids could stand upright. Apes could not.
•Hominids are humans and other creatures that walk upright on two feet.
Paleolithic= Old Stone Age. This era was called the stone age because early man used stone to make his tools and weapons.
These clans got their food by hunting and gathering. Once the food supply ran out they would move to a different area.
Paleolithic= Old Stone Age. This era was called the stone age because early man used stone to make his tools and weapons.
These clans got their food by Hunting and GatheringOnce the food supply ran out they would move to a different area.
Homo erectus – stood upright
(What was the word we learned to
describe people who walk on two feet?)
Neanderthal
Have you seen him before?
Modern Human Beings
Appeared in Africa between 150,000-200,000 years ago
Began to migrate outside of Africa 100,000 years ago.
By 10,000 B.C. Homo Sapiens could be found throughout the world due to migration.
During the last ice age between
100,000 B.C. and 8000 B.C. the
water level in the oceans dropped revealing a land
bridge connecting Asia and North
America
Homo-sapiens
How DID they create the images?• Using bone, sticks,
brushes made with animal hair, hand/fingers and sharpened rock
• Paints came form the earth- crushed and mixed together
• Dark caves were lit with torches
What did the artists paint?• Why did they
paint and carve on the walls?
• Do you think they lived in the caves?• What evidence of
human life do we see in the caves?