Early SA History Flashcards
Where where the first humans found?
- Sterkfontein
2. Tango
How long ago did the first humans like us evolve?
120 000 years ago
What are the modern descendants of the first humans?
The San (Kalahari)
How long ago did people start to keep cattle (this made them “HERDERS”?
200 years ago
Why was “HERDER” lifestyle more complex?
Because the animals needed to be looked after
Which part of Southern Africa did these herders occupy and what where they called?
South West
Khoi Khoi
In which area did the first farmers live?
East & North
As far as Limpopo River
For how long have there been people in SA?
2 million years
What did the first “animals” to be called humans have to have so that the first historians would actually say they are “humans” not “anima;s”
If they were advanced enough to make stone tools
Africa is the …… of humanity.
Birthplace
Why do people say Africa is the birthplace of humanity?
- The first place that AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANS first appeared.
- HOMO SAPIENS first developed into HOMO ERECTUS
Name the two archaeologists who discovered AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS
- Raymond Dart
2. Robert Broom
How old are the remains they found at Sterkfontein and Taung?
2 million years
Give 3 facts to describe the AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS
- First pre-humans to walk upright
- Tool users not tool makers
- Used stones that they found as tools
- Lived from 3 million years ago to 2 million years ago.
Give 3 facts about Homo Habilis
- First people
- Made tools
- Lived from 2 million years to 1,7 million years ago
