Warm-Up 10/4/12• Write this in your planner!• Quiz: Tuesday 10/9• Your quiz will be on the information we

have learned about PREHISTORY. We will take more notes today, and Monday we will review.

Early Man and the Stone Age

6th Grade Social StudiesPiedmont Middle School

Early Humans

• Originated in Africa

• Hominids = Walk upright– The first man-like creatures– 4.5 million years ago

Early Humans

• Homo Habilis– 2.5 million years ago– Used stone tools

Early Humans

• Homo Erectus– 1.6 million years ago– Means “upright man”

Early Humans

• Homo Sapiens– 400,000 years ago– Large-brained

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 over the Bering Strait connecting Asia

and North America

The Stone Age

• Paleolithic Age (500,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago)– Hunter-gatherers that moved from place to place– The climate began to get warmer– Made and used flint tools

The Stone Age

• Mesolithic Age (10,000 years ago to 8,000 years ago) – Climate continued to get warmer– The microlith was invented- A small triangular

shaped blade of stone used in knives and spears– Other inventions: boats from hollowed logs, the

bow and arrow, fishing nets and hooks

The Stone Age

• Neolithic Revolution (8,000 years ago to 5,000 years ago)– Agriculture: People learned how to plant and

harvest crops– People began to live in cities and towns– The first governments were formed– People began to use metals, leading to the end of

the Stone Age