Review for Early Man Quiz

Timeline of Early Man

Australopithicus- 4,000,000 Years Ago

• Transition from ape to man

• “Lucy” • Walked upright

Homo Habilis“Man with Ability”• First to create tools

• Shelters- wind-breaks

• Bring back food

Homo Erectus• “Man Who

walks upright”• First to wander from

Africa• Some Social groups• Hand axes, flake tools• Shelter• Use fire– Cooked Food

Homo Sapiens “Man Who

Thinks”

• Neanderthals

• Cro-Magnon

Neanderthals 200,000 years ago

• Neander River Valley, Germany– Good hunters– Used pitfalls– Clothing from

animals– *buried their dead– Shelters with

bones/animal skins

Cro-Magnon 30,000 years ago

• Rock Formations in France• Lived in Caves• Known for cave art• Social Gatherings• Skillful tool makers

– Burin (chisel)– Axe– Spears

Began around 4.000BCE

Bronze Age

New Stone Age

9,000-4,000 BCE

Neolithic Age

Old Stone Age• 50,000-9,000

BCE

Paleolithic Age

Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)• 50,000-9,000 BCE• Toolmakers• Gatherers • Hunters

Neolithic AgeNew Stone Age

• 9,000- 4,000 BCE• *Beginning of civilization

• Herders• Farmers

Bronze Age• Began around 4,000 BCE• Creation of mixing copper and

tin for tools

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