The First Humans

Recallinginforma.on

1)Doyoubelievedinosaursandhumansliveatthesame.me?

ReadandAnswer(Notanote-takingslide)

NomaAerwhatyoumayhaveseeninthemovies,earlymandidnotliveduringthesameperiodinhistoryasdinosaurs!Dinosaursdiedoutabout65millionyearsago.Thefirsthumanlikehominidsdidnotappearun.laround3millionyearsago.

2)  Wasyouanswercorrectfromthefirstslide?

3)  Whatwasthe.medifferencebetweendinosaursand

human-likehominids?

I)Hominids•  Hominidsarehuman-likeanimalsthatwalkedupright.

•  Existed4.4millionyearsagoineasternandsouthernAfrica.

•  Includesgreatapes(chimpanzeesandgorillas).

MakingaConnec.on

4)  Doyoubelievethathumanstodayevolved(camefrom)fromapes?Whyorwhynot?

Defendyouranswer!

II)Early Humans

•  Apesandmenwereverydifferent.•  Earlyhuman-likehominidscouldstandupright,apescouldnot.

•  Hominidhandswerejointeddifferentlywhichallowedthemtomakeandusetools.

5)Compareandcontrastthedifferenthandsoftheseprimates.

III)Lucy•  Thebonesofa20yearoldfemale(Lucy)werefoundinEthiopiaAfrica.

•  ShebelongstotheearlyhumangroupcalledAustralopithecus.

•  Lucywasabout4feettallandweighedabout50pounds.

•  Shemadeitpossibleforscien.ststolearnaboutearlyhominids.

Lucy•  Watchthefollowingvideoandanswertheques.onsthatfollow:

hAp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/educa.on/evolu.on/finding-lucy.html

6)  WhatdiscoveryledJohansontobelieveLucywalked

upright?7)  WhatwasconcludedaboutLucy’sbrain?

IV)EarlyHumans

•  Earlyhumanswerehuntersandgatherers.– Humansmovedfromplacetoplacehun.nganimalsandgatheringfood.

– TheydidnotliveinoneseAledplace.

•  Earlyhumansdidnotknowhowtofarm.

V)HumanGroups•  Humanhominidsaredividedinto

3speciesthataroseatdifferent.mesinprehistory:

1)Homohabilis=personwithability(usetools)2)Homoerectus=personwhowalksupright3)Homosapiens=personwhothinks

*HomoisaLa.nwordmeaning

“human”

Conclusion

8)Adercomple.ngtheac.vity,doagreethathumansevolvedfromapes?Whyorwhynot?

PlayandExplorePiecetogethersomedinosaurbones!hAp://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/skeleton_jigsaw/

25StrangeDinosaurshAp://list25.com/25-strangest-prehistoric-creatures-to-roam-the-earth/VideoontheWeirdestDinosaurs-BBChAps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDvJk3pvzdUEarlyManTimelinehAp://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolu.on-.meline-interac.veApetoHuman:HistoryChannelDocumentaryhAps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sMqFivWTmk