1. DO IT NOW
 Draw a timeline on a piece of lined paper and
label the following dates:
 15 BC
 5 AD
 10 BCE
 20 CE
 10 AD
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2. GROUPS OF HOMINIDS

3. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY

4. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
 Scientists call prehistoric humans (1)
HOMINIDS.

5. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
 Scientists call prehistoric humans (1)
HOMINIDS.
 Hominids are not (2) HUMAN. They are
ancestors of humans

6. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
 Scientists call prehistoric humans (1)
HOMINIDS.
 Hominids are not (2) HUMAN. They are
ancestors of humans
 Scientists who study hominids are called
paleoanthropoligsts.

7. PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
 Scientists call prehistoric humans (1)
HOMINIDS.
 Hominids are not (2) HUMAN. They are
ancestors of humans
 Scientists who study hominids are called
paleoanthropoligsts.
 There are (3) 4 major groups of hominids…

8. AUSTRALOPITHECUS

9. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
 Name means (4) “SOUTHERN APE.”

10. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
 Name means (4) “SOUTHERN APE.”
 Appeared in (5) AFRICA 4 million
years ago.

11. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
 Name means (4) “SOUTHERN APE.”
 Appeared in (5) AFRICA 4 million
years ago.
 They were bipeds (stood upright
and

12. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
 Name means (4) “SOUTHERN APE.”
 Appeared in (5) AFRICA 4 million
years ago.
 They were bipeds (stood upright
and
walked on two legs)

13. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
 Name means (4) “SOUTHERN APE.”
 Appeared in (5) AFRICA 4 million
years ago.
 They were bipeds (stood upright
and
walked on two legs)
 Brain was (6) 1/3 the size of
modern humans.

14. AUSTRALOPITHECUS
 Name means (4) “SOUTHERN APE.”
 Appeared in (5) AFRICA 4 million
years ago.
 They were bipeds (stood upright
and
walked on two legs)
 Brain was (6) 1/3 the size of
modern humans.
 Lucy is part of this group!

15. HOMO HABILIS

16. HOMO HABILIS
 Name means (7) “HANDY
MAN.”

17. HOMO HABILIS
 Name means (7) “HANDY
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (8) 2.8
million years ago.

18. HOMO HABILIS
 Name means (7) “HANDY
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (8) 2.8
million years ago.
 Used early (9) STONE TOOLS
for chopping and scraping.

19. HOMO HABILIS
 Name means (7) “HANDY
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (8) 2.8
million years ago.
 Used early (9) STONE TOOLS
for chopping and scraping.
 Brain was ½ size of modern
humans.

20. HOMO ERECTUS

21. HOMO ERECTUS
 Name means (10) “UPRIGHT
MAN.”

22. HOMO ERECTUS
 Name means (10) “UPRIGHT
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa 2-1.5
million years ago.

23. HOMO ERECTUS
 Name means (10) “UPRIGHT
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa 2-1.5
million years ago.
 Used early stone tools like the
(11) HAND AX.

24. HOMO ERECTUS
 Name means (10) “UPRIGHT
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa 2-1.5
million years ago.
 Used early stone tools like the
(11) HAND AX.
 Learned to control (11) FIRE.

25. HOMO ERECTUS
 Name means (10) “UPRIGHT
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa 2-1.5
million years ago.
 Used early stone tools like the
(11) HAND AX.
 Learned to control (11) FIRE.
 (12) MIGRATED out of Africa to
Asia and Europe.

26. HOMO SAPIENS

27. HOMO SAPIENS
 Name means (13) “WISE
MAN.”

28. HOMO SAPIENS
 Name means (13) “WISE
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (14)
200,000 years ago.

29. HOMO SAPIENS
 Name means (13) “WISE
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (14)
200,000 years ago.
 Migrated around the world.

30. HOMO SAPIENS
 Name means (13) “WISE
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (14)
200,000 years ago.
 Migrated around the world.
 Learned to create fire, use
lots of (15) TOOLS and
SPEAK.

31. HOMO SAPIENS
 Name means (13) “WISE
MAN.”
 Appeared in Africa (14)
200,000 years ago.
 Migrated around the world.
 Learned to create fire, use
lots of (15) TOOLS and
SPEAK.
 First “human” group.

32. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
VS.

33. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
 Modern humans are called Homo
Sapiens Sapiens. (that’s us!)
VS.

34. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
 Modern humans are called Homo
Sapiens Sapiens. (that’s us!)
 But there was another group of humans
called (16) NEANDERTHALS. (Homo
Sapiens Neanderthalensis)
VS.

35. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
 Modern humans are called Homo
Sapiens Sapiens. (that’s us!)
 But there was another group of humans
called (16) NEANDERTHALS. (Homo
Sapiens Neanderthalensis)
VS.

36. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
 Modern humans are called Homo
Sapiens Sapiens. (that’s us!)
 But there was another group of humans
called (16) NEANDERTHALS. (Homo
Sapiens Neanderthalensis)
VS.

37. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
 Modern humans are called Homo
Sapiens Sapiens. (that’s us!)
 But there was another group of humans
called (16) NEANDERTHALS. (Homo
Sapiens Neanderthalensis)

38. NEANDERTHALS VS. MODERN HUMANS
 Modern humans are called Homo
Sapiens Sapiens. (that’s us!)
 But there was another group of humans
called (16) NEANDERTHALS. (Homo
Sapiens Neanderthalensis)
 They lived side by side with us for
10,000 years before they disappeared.