History Club Lucy Lucy was the first human ancestor that was primarily made up of bones Lucy is 35 million years old Lucy is 35 ft tall Kingdom Animalia Animals Phylum Chordata Having a spine ID: 496169
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Prehistory-Neolithic Era" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Prehistory-Neolithic Era
History ClubSlide2
Lucy
Lucy was the first human ancestor that was primarily made up of bones.
Lucy is 3.5 million years old.
Lucy is 3.5 ft. tall.
Kingdom
: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata
(Having a spine)
Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
Order:
Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus:
Australopithecus
Species: Australopithecus africanusSlide3
Hominids
Lucy was an Australopithecus, or Southern Ape.
The Australopithecus lives approximately 4-1 million years ago.
The Australopithecus walked upright, had thumbs, and was able to construct crude tools.Slide4
Homo Erectus (Upright Walking Humans)
Homo Erectus lived 2 million-100,000 years ago.
The Homo Erectus had double the brain size of a Australopithecus.
The Homo Erectus was able to construct better tools, and perhaps most importantly, they could harness fire. This achievement allowed the Homo Erectus species to move out of Africa and into the Fertile Crescent. Slide5
Neanderthal
The Neanderthal lived 600,000-350,000 years ago.
A Neanderthal was capable of making advanced tools, and had developed a language.
The Website below gives some intriguing information about how the Neanderthal may have gone extinct.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Neanderthals-were-too-smart-to-surviveSlide6
The Neanderthal had a larger brain capacity than the modern man.Slide7
Homo Sapiens
The Homo Sapiens at the time had better tools and a better use of fire, thus allowing for further migrations.
The Homo Sapiens were the first plant/animal to inhabit all of the world’s habitable areas.
You belong to this species!Slide8
Paleolithic Society
A Paleolithic Society is a society of Hunter-Gatherers.
Paleolithic Societies had:
-Relative social equality
-Relative gender equalityPaleolithic Settlements would: -Follow rivers or the coast -Act as temporary settlementsSlide9
Paleolithic Culture
The Neanderthal:
-Discovered in Germany
-Buried their dead
-Had emotionsHomo Sapiens: -Cave Art -Venus Figurines: Solid stone of women who exemplify fertility (similar to idolatry). You will notice that throughout history, things that are idolized or worshiped have some significance to the values of the society. Therefore, the values of the societies at this time were centered around fertility. Slide10
Neolithic Era and the Transition of Agriculture
Agriculture originated around 10000-4000 BC., and involved the domestication of animals and plants.
Women domesticated plants and men domesticated animals.
Early Agricultural Society:
-Specialization of labor due to the fact that the agricultural revolution allowed individuals to pursue careers that focused on things other than farming. -Social distinctions and social inequality begin.
Neolithic Culture
-Religious Values that reflected societal values.
Emergence of citiesSlide11
Guns, Germs, and Steel
This book does an excellent job at explaining how factors from this time period determined why the European Nations would go on to dominate the world stage.