CH 1 First Humans

Prehistory The time before the written word.

Dating Stratigraphy, Tree Rings, Road Cuts

Radio-Carbon Dating determines an object’s age by measuring the amount of C-14

AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blood Molecules May survive Millions of years and yield DNA information

Thermo luminescence dating ,[object Object]

Hominids: Having Human Characteristics

Oldest Hominid Remains Found in… Olduvai Gorge East Africa

Australopithecus ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Australopithecus First upright hominid “ southern apes”

Mary Leakey Louis Leakey

Their son Richard Leakey discovers an Australopithicus skull

Leakey Legacy ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Homo erectus, cont. ,[object Object]

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Homo sapiens sapiens ,[object Object],WE BELONG TO THIS GROUP TODAY.

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Drawbacks to Hunting & Gathering ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Major advances ,[object Object],[object Object]

ROCK ART PROJECT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

ROCK ART PROJECT ,[object Object]

The Ice Age ,[object Object],[object Object]

Section 2: Neolithic Revolution & Rise of Civilizations

Pottery Improved tools (metal working) New Technology

Marked a new level of human control over their environment Use of Metals

High Point of Neolithic Age ,[object Object],[object Object]

Earliest Writing ,[object Object]

End of the Neolithic Age ,[object Object]

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Neolithic Age ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

6 characteristics of Civilizations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Essay Questions ,[object Object]

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