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Question 1

Who is Charles Darwin?

Answer 1

A British naturalist born in 1809. He was known for his famous work “ On the Origin of Species.”

Question 2

How did Darwin change the way of life?

Answer 2

Through his amazing ideas of evolution and natural selection.

Question 3

What is Darwin’s theory?

Answer 3

The millions of species present today evolved slowly of a billions of years from the common ancestor.

Question 4

What did the natural selection emphasize?

Answer 4

The individuals the best adapted to the habitat passed on these traits to their offspring.

Question 5

What does evolution explain?

Answer 5

It explains why animals and plants are so good at surviving in the environments, the places where they live.

Question 6

What does evolution mean?

Answer 6

It means that a species change over time and can even split into two new species

Question 7

When was the theory of evolution developed?

Answer 7

Back in 1859

Question 8

What does natural selection mean?

Answer 8

Natural selection that some individuals in a species are better at surviving than others and will have more children

Question 9

What is hominids?

Answer 9

It is a kind of slang term among scientists. It means mankind and anything that looks and acts like mankind.

Question 10

What is fossils?

Answer 10

Fossils are remains of living things that have been turned into stone or have left an impression in the stone. Anything that man has made is not a fossil.

Question 11

What is artifacts?

Answer 11

It is the remains of things that were made not remains of living things.

Question 12

What do we use rock paintings for?

Answer 12

To see how they live to see what was important to them and to see the symbolic thought they had.

Question 13

What are hunter gatherers?

Answer 13

It refers to how a group of people get their food. They find it growing wild or hunt and fish for it. They do not grow any food.

Question 14

How did the early humans live?

Answer 14

They were hunter gatherers they hunted animals, gathered plants for food move to a new location when food run, out depend on natural environment for shelter and left in caves and shelters made of rocks, branches and animal skins.

Question 15

How did they live including just the people?

Answer 15

They lived in small bands of about 30 people.
Group size reflected how many people could live off food in the region.
Main hunted and women gathered nuts, berries and care for children.
The children also work.

Question 16

What kind of culture did early humans create?

Answer 16

Language
Language probably developed so people could work together, it is possibly developed in aid hunting, gathering and sharing food.

Religion
Religion is the worship of God, god’s and spirits.
Early humans probably believed all things in nature had a spirit some think cave paintings honor spirits of animals killed for food.

Question 17

What was early human’s art?

Answer 17

Music, dance and stories.
Jewelry and figurines.
Cave paintings found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia and America.

Question 18

How did early humans use fire?

Answer 18

Early humans made and controlled fire around 500,000 years ago.
Fire provided heat and light, and to cook food, protection
Cooking of meat release certain proteins that our brains need to develop.

Question 19

What is technology?

Answer 19

Technology is the way knowledge, tools and inventions are applied to meet needs.

Question 20

What tools were made from stone and when?

Answer 20

Stone tools for cutting were made at least 2 million years ago
Other tools included axes, bags, awls and drills.
The tools also protect them against animals.

Question 21

What tools were made lights are on?

Answer 21

More complex tools included bows, flint, spearheads and metal tools.

Question 22

For what did the early humans use the tools?

Answer 22

The tools were used to hunt and butcher animals and build simple shelters.

Question 23

With what did the development of technology help early humans?

Answer 23

Technology helped humans to control the environment, and that led to settled lives.