Klas 1 Prehistory 2.2: Nature fire culture

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Today's planning

• 'Handy' man and 'intelligent' man
•  Hunters and gatherers

And some questions about what I explained.

'Handy' man and 'intelligent' man

History is about how humans lived in the past. But what is a human, exactly? Some people believe that humans were created. The vast majority of people thinks that humans descend from other species. Fossils of human-like apes and ape-like humans are still being found.Modern humans most likely descend from a hominin species that:

• lived in East Africa about 2.5 million years ago;
• walked upright on two legs;
• made simple tools. This ancestor of modern humans is called 'handy man', homo habilis;
• had a much larger brain than other species living at the same time.

These first humans slowly developed the ability to think and reason. In this way, modern 'intelligent' humans, homo sapiens, emerged in Africa about 160,000 years ago.

Those species are not connected to modern humans. For years, scientists believed that the Neanderthal, a species first found in Germany, was an ancestor of modern humans. New finds can teach us more about humans in the past.

Hunters and gatherers

The first humans were hunter-gatherers. They lived off the hunt and whatever food they found in nature. This is also called foraging. Early humans travelled and foraged for food continuously. They were nomads: instead of living in a fixed home, they travelled from place to place. Learning how to make and control fire made life a little easier for early humans. Fire provided warmth and light, but it was also used to cook meat. In addition, fire scared predators away. Most tools and weapons were made out of wood or stone. The first humans did not know iron or bronze. When a group became too big, it would split up: it was impossible to find enough food for a large group. In an area of 1500 square kilometres , a maximum of two groups could survive. In this way, different tribes were formed that belonged to the same family, but which only rarely met.

Why do people think they are descended from monkeys?

1. Because if you learn monkeys to do what humans do, they look like normal humans.
2. Because monkeys look like humans
3. they found fossils of humanoid monkeys
4. Because monkeys can talk.

What is the ancestor of modern man called?

1. big brain people
2. dumb man
3. ancestor of modern man
4. handy man

What are the first intelligent humans called?

1. Homo
2. homo sapiens
3. homo sapies
4. sapiens

Who are intelligent people?

1. Neanderthaler
2. Homo sapiens
3. Naenthaler
4. Zaza

Modern humans are most likely descended from a hominin that:

• Lived in East Africa about 2.5 million years ago.
• Walked upright on two legs.
• Made simple tools. This ancestor of modern man is called 'handy man', homo habilis.
• Had a much larger brain than other species that lived at the same time.

You have to know this!

If people lived by hunting. What are they called then?

1. encouraging
2. nomads
3. discouraging
4. foraging

What are the names of people who do not have a permanent residence?

1. nomads
2. discouraging
3. foraging
4. encouraging

What did fire do?

1. provided warmth
2. provided light
3. you can cook on it
4. chased predators away

What were most weapons made of?

1. stone
2. iron
3. wood
4. copper

How many groups could live in 1,500 square kilometers in terms of food?

1. 4
2. 3
3. 10
4. 2

The end!

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