Honors Early Humans Part 2

Homo erectus lived only in Africa.

Homo erectus is known as the 'upright man.'

Homo erectus lived 100,000 years ago.

Homo erectus remains have not been found in Asia.

Development of agriculture

Control and creation of fire

Building permanent houses

Invention of the wheel

Developed new ways of using stone tools

First group to control and create fire

Traveled from Africa to the Americas

Known as 'wise men'

They were the first to use stone tools.

They lived 100,000 to 400,000 years ago.

They were the first to control fire.

They did not travel out of Africa.

Cro-Magnon created cave art, while Neanderthals had ritual burials.

Neanderthals lived only in Africa, while Cro-Magnon lived in Europe.

Cro-Magnon were the first to use tools, while Neanderthals were not.

Neanderthals were considered fully modern humans, while Cro-Magnon were not.

Homo sapiens

Australopithecus

Homo erectus

Homo habilis

They lived in permanent houses and farmed crops.

They depended on wild plants and animals for survival.

They built large cities and traded goods.

They wrote books to record their history.

To serve as maps for travelers

To record written language

To be part of religious ceremonies

To show farming techniques

Archeologist

Engineer

Anthropologist

Artist

Historian

Biologist

Archeologist

Sociologist

Analytical thinking

Communication

Mathematical computation

Problem-solving

They were the first to use fire

They lived only in Africa

They were the first species to walk upright

They invented agriculture