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- Who were the first people on earth>
- Homo habilis
- What types of thing did women and children gather?
- Berries, nuts, fruit, and eggs(birds and turtles)
- What did a large kill mean?
- Enough meat to last days
- How did people make fire?
- Rubbing two sticks or stones together or turning a stick in a hole in a dry log
- When did people start living in caves most of the time?
- About 100,000 years ago
- What did people use fire for?
- Keeping themselves dry and warm, weapons, clearing out brush and undergrowth, and cooking food
- Why did so many children die before their first birthday?
- Illnesses or killed by animals
- What did people wear for protection and warmth?
- Animal skins
- Before people learned to talk, what did they do for communication?
- Made sounds or pointed to things
- How big were bands when food supply was good?
- About 40 or 50 members
- Once people had clothing, where could they live?
- Places that were cooler and wetter
- How big were bands?
- About 30 members
- What were the first tools made?
- Sticks and stones found on the ground
- What did men get?
- Meat and fish
- What does Homo habilis mean?
- Skillful man
- What did the development of language allow people to do?
- Work together, share ideas, and pass on their beliefs and stories
- Who was Lucy?
- The first almost complete early prehuman found
- Where did early people camp?
- Out in the open
- What is the order of people on earth?
- Homo habilis, Homo erectus, and Homo sapiens
- What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?
- Stone Age
- What was one of the earliest shaped stones?
- Olduvan pebble tools
- What are the two kinds of Homo sapiens?
- The Neanderthals and The Cro-Magnons
- At first, what did people use caves for?
- Emergencies (sudden storm or large animal)
- What were the first fires that people knew about made by?
- Lighting