Early Humans

Early humans

________ found shelter in caves and simple structures made from wooden poles and animal hides.

Olduvai Gorge

The location in East Africa where the oldest hominid at the time (1959) was discovered at 1.8 million years old.

Hominids

Human- like creatures that walked upright.

Archaeology

The study of past societies by analyzing what the people left behind.

Anthropology

The study of human life and culture.

Australopithecus

A type of hominid known to be the common ancestor for many types of early human life.

Paleolithic Age

the early period of human history where humans used stone tools (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 B.C .)

Prehistory

The time before writing was developed.

homo sapiens sapiens

Hominids that have similar anatomy to modern humans and existed in Africa 150, 000- 200, 000 years ago.

Prehistory

The time before writing was developed

Archaeology

The study of past societies by analyzing what the people left behind

Anthropology

The study of human life and culture

Olduvai Gorge

The location in East Africa where the oldest hominid at the time (1959) was discovered at 1.8 million years old

Australopithecus

A type of hominid known to be the common ancestor for many types of early human life

Homo sapiens sapiens

Hominids that have similar anatomy to modern humans and existed in Africa 150,000-200,000 years ago

"out-of-Africa" theory

The theory that Homo sapiens sapiens replaced earlier hominids in Europe and Asia after spreading out to other parts of the world

Fossils

Rocklike remains of a biological organism

artifacts

objects made by humans

"out-of-Africa" theory

Theory that Homo sapiens sapiens replaced other hominids when they spread out across the world.