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World History Ancient Civilizations Chapter  The Tools of History Lesson  How Archaeologists World History Ancient Civilizations Chapter  The Tools of History Lesson  How Archaeologists

World History Ancient Civilizations Chapter The Tools of History Lesson How Archaeologists - PDF document

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World History Ancient Civilizations Chapter The Tools of History Lesson How Archaeologists - PPT Presentation

Science and Technology Archaeologists have found evidence that tells us a great deal about early humans Culture Human culture developed during the prehistoric period known as the Stone Age Finding Clues to the Past ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do archaeol ID: 46979

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World History: Ancient CivilizationsChapter 1: The Tools of History The Search for Early HumansESSENTIAL QUESTION humans from the evidence they have found? Earliest Humans • Most archaeologists believe humans began in East Africa• Australopithecines were some of the earliest humanlike beings - australopithecines probably learned to walk 4.5 million years agoHomo sapiens (“wise man”) Modern Humans rst appeared about 35,000 years ago - migrated from North Africa to Europe and Asia Important Finds • Louis, Mary Leakey found East African - showed human evolution began in Africa• American Donald Johanson found Lucy in 1974 rst australopithecine footprints in 1978 - found 1.6 million-year-old Homo erectus• American Tim White found fossils of new hominid species in 1990s• A team found 6- to 7-million-year-old hominid skull in Chad in 2002 REVIEW QUESTION