Fossil Finds By Luke, John,and Spencer Summary Different scientist look in the earth to find...
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Fossil Finds By Luke , John ,and Spencer
Fossil Finds By Luke, John,and Spencer Summary Different scientist look in the earth to find fossils. Dutch surgeon uncovered remains of a human ancestor
Summary Different scientist look in the earth to find fossils.
Dutch surgeon uncovered remains of a human ancestor and called it
homo erectus because it means human who stands upright.
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Prehistory-is history that happened before invention of writing
Evidence-or proof vocabulary Archaeologist-locate and study things
left behind people Paleoanthropologist-study the ancestors of other
people Fossils-remains of once living things Excavate-means to
uncover by digging Bands-or small groups of these hominids
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A World of Hunters & Gathers By: Nick, Drew, and Max
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Summary This section is about the migration pattern and how
hunters and gathers got their food. The ice ages that they had to
go through were hard because the animals that they were going after
would go in a different way then they had thought of going. These
bands of people would then find there way into North America
because of fallowing the animals. The early people in Siberia had
difficulty in the tundra and the bitter cold. Eventually some
hunters reached South America.
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Hunters and Gatherers Pages 55 -57 Created by: Hanna,
Halle,Nicole!
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Vocabulary Artifact-A human made object especially from long
ago. Radiocarbon Dating-A scientific process that tells the age of
something once living by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon
it contains. Consequence-An effect. Extinct-No longer existing.
Migration-Movement of groups of people from one place to
another
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Vocabulary Ice Age-A long cold weather period when huge sheets
of ice covered part of the earths surface Glacier-A huge slow
moving sheet of ice. Tundra-A cold treeless plain whose subsoil is
permanently frozen. Culture-A unique way of life that sets a group
of people apart from others. Society-An organized group of people
living and working under a set of rules and traditions.
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Summary (information) This selection is mainly about how the
Homo erectus (The people who lived in early times and now are
extinct) hunted and gathered. Now today all humans are now called
Homo sapiens. The difference between Homo erectus and Homo sapiens
are Homo sapiens have larger brains, can make better tools and
communicate more easily using lauguage.
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Vocabulary Bands- small groups
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Summary The first humanoid was found south of the Sahara
dessert in Africa. The first humanoids were the Homo habilis. Then
came Homo erectus. The Homo erectus was the first one to tame fire.
They survived by hunting and gathering. The next humanoids were
Homo sapiens. They affected the ways of Homo erectus.
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Lucy Summary Lucy is an ancient australopithecine that is 3
million year old. Lucy got her name because a tape recorder was
playing Lucy in the sky with diamonds while they dug her up. So it
was known as Lucy ever since. In the U.S. they rebuilt the skeleton
and found that Lucy stood about 4 feet tall, Was 19-20 when she
died and spent most of her time in open country.
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Neanderthals In 1856 an odd- looking human skull was found with
arms and legs. The remainders of the body were found in Germanys
Neander Valley. Later in the 1800s British biologist Thomas Huxley
discovered it was an early humanoid fossil, first ever found. The
fossil was named Neanderthal after the Valley. We now know they are
not our direct ancestors.
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Neanderthal Pictures and Graphics The first remains of
Neanderthals were found in a valley in Germany, Neander Valley.
Neanderthals are much like the better known cavemen.
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Migration By: Jake Fossett The first migrations of early people
started around 100,000 years ago. They started in Africa then moved
to Europe and Asia then went over a land bridge to North
America.
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Early farmers
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Vocab 1.Domesticate- to tame for peoples use. 2.Economy- the
way peoples use there rescores to meet there needs 3.Livestock-
refers to domesticated animals such as cattle, sheep, and pigs.
4.Nomads- people with no settled home. 5.Agriculture- the raising
of domesticated plants and animals, change humans societies
forever. 6.Division of labor-
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Early Farming By: Maddie Jones and Grace Humphrey
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Middle America (North America) 5,400 years ago Raised: Beans
Corn/Maize Turkeys Chili peppers
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Huang He Valley (China) 8,000 Raised: Millet Chickens Pigs
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Indus Valley
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Early Cultures and Societies By: Anna Richards and Phoenix
Graves
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Vocab Culture- A way of life Society- A organized group of
people living and working under a set of rules and traditions.
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Summary All early people had a unique way of doing things for
their culture. A culture is made up of peoples beliefs and how they
live their life. Each culture lived in unique place that lead to
what kinds of clothing, shelter, and food that they made. Early
cultures varied from different individuals that had their own ideas
to solve their problems and needs. All cultures change in long
periods of time and use of language helped early people develop
their own cultures. Older people passed on customs and knowledge to
younger members. Language helped people join together to form a
society. In ways people are very different from those long ago, but
in some ways they are very similar. The differences in peoples
cultures and their society set them apart.
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Effects of Change by Riley Stickney and Isabelle Reynolds
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Summary Early societies started to raise domesticated plants
and animals, also known as agriculture. They needed to do this
because they needed a reliable resource of food. When agriculture
was doing well, they traded their leftovers for the things that
they needed the most. Some of these things are spices, and
clothing.
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Vocabulary words Agriculture-The raising of domesticated plants
and animals Division of Labor-a system in which the members of a
group do different tasks according to their abilities and the
groups needs Environment-Surroundings
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Diversity In Early Agriculture By: Jenna Kanoza and Lindsey
Dierig
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Early people all around the world took in many different plants
and animals. In southwestern Asia and northern Africa, they grew
wheat and barley and raised sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs. In
Pakistan and China they grew rice and millet, and raised pigs,
chickens, and water buffaloes. In Southern Mexico they grew chili
peppers, squash, and other vegetables. People depended on faming
and stopped moving to different places What I Have Learned
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`Vocabulary Maize-Corn Subsist-to survive
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MAKING TOOLS Tools are vary helpful in many ways like making
fire or getting food.
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culture Is a way of life like beliefs, customs, language and
arts.