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a person who studies human history and pre history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of human remains .
archeologist
a person who studies human beings,especially their societies and customs.
anthropologist
a species that includes the human family.
hominids
the determination of the approximate age of an ancient object , such as a fossil, by measuring the amount of carbon 14 it contains.
radiocarbon dating
the study of the origins of humankind
Paleoanthropology
e, part of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa, is a location where many significant fossil remains of early humans have been found.
Olduvai gorge
the American palaeoanthropologist who discovered Lucy and the “First Family”
donald johanson
Lucy is the oldest and most complete human ancestor found in Africa.
She was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia.
Lucy
Lucy is the oldest and most complete human ancestor found in Africa.
She was discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia.
How did the discovery of Lucy by Donald Johanson change our knowledge of human evolution?
In 1974, Lucy showed that human ancestors were up and walking around long before the earliest stone tools were made or brains got bigger, and subsequent fossil finds of much earlier bipedal hominids have confirmed that conclusion. Bipedalism, it seems, was the first step towards becoming human.
why are griots so important in african culture
griots pass on cultural traditons , as well as being storytellers they are historians , musicians , poets and geneaologists
what is white priviledge?
inherent advantages possessed by a white person on the basis of their race in a society characterized by racial inequality and injustice
what is ethnocentrism
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.
How has ethnocentrism (especially Eurocentrism) affected what we know about African countries and culture?
the first family is the remains of 13 people. evidence suggested that they died 3.2 million years ago. They are the first evidence that people lived in groups.
first family
Africa is known as the cradle of humanity because human life originated there.
Cradle of humanity
Homo habilis is an extinct species of archaic human from the Early Pleistocene of East and South Africa about 2.31 million years ago to 1.65 million years ago. Known as the “Handy man”.
Homo habilis
Homo erectus is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene, with its earliest occurrence about 2 million years ago. Known as the upright man.
Homo erectus
homo sapiens evolved in sub saharan africa between 200 000 and 140 000 years ago. This species used fire for cooking as well as for smoking and drying the meat to preserve it.
Homo sapiens
modern-day humans evolved from homo sapiens and spread worldwide.
Homo sapiens sapiens
most of what we know about the first human species is thanks to these two In 1960 Mary and her son, Jonathan, found another, smaller form of hominid (species that include the human family). They called it Homo habilis(“TheHandy Man”).
Mary and Louis Leakey
