Ch 2 Early Hominids Flashcards
Hominid
Prehistoric Human
Biped
a two-footed animal
Anthropologist
A scientist who studies human development and culture
Which Hominid is known as “handy man”?
Homo Habilis - the tool maker
key capability: simple tools
why important? allowed HH to get more from the
animals they caught
Which hominid group’s key capablility was making and using fire?
Homo Erectus - Upright Man
Fire allowed HE to cook their meat and allowed HE to travel farther and survive longer than other hominids. Fire helped them survive the cold and protect themselves from animals.
Migrate
To move from one geographic region to another
What is the nickname for Australopithecus Afarensis?
When did this hominid group live?
Where did they live?
AA = Lucy or Southern Ape
They lived 3-4 million bce
in Africa
Which hominid group is pictured here?
How do you know?
This is Homo Sapien Neanderthalensis
This group had a sense of community. There is evidence that this group cared for one another and healed their sick and wounded and buried their dead.
This group were also skilled tool makers and created knives, scrapers, and spear points. They learned how to make sharp, thin blades, too. These tools helped this hominid group to survive.
Scientists believe that this group had a sense of community. When members of a group died, they were laid in burial mounds along with hunting tools and flowers.
Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis
Fill in the blank: Early modern humans left behind a record of their lives through _____________________.
Their artwork.
They carved and shaped images out of clasy, bone, minerals like flint and ivory. They also painted on the walls of their caves and even created musical instruments.
This was the first hominid group to migrate.
Homo erectus: Upright man
This group used rocks as chopping tools and made sharp pieces of stone for cutting. They also may have used animal bones as digging sticks.
Homo habilis: Handyman or tool maker
Why was being a biped an important capability for the hominid group Australopithecus Afarensis?
Being a biped gave AA advantages compared to other animals such as gorillas and chimps because, with their hands free, they were able to gather and carry food more easily and defend themselves and their children.
A clay sculpture, pieces of scaffolding found in a cave, and a part of a bow or a stone arrowhead would be artifacts that scientists might find and associate with which hominid group?
Homo sapiens sapiens = early modern humans
Anthropologists have found burned animal bones and more complex tools like a hand ax along with remains of this hominid group.
Homo erectus - upright man with fire
An expert who studies the earliest hominids
paleoanthropologists
