HOMINIDS AND THE STONE AGE

WHAT IS A HOMINID

• A hominid is basically an early form of human
• They were not yet fully developed
• They were actually developing primates
• They hunted for food
• They were developed because of the changing envirement

WHAT WAS THE STONE AGE

• This is the earliest time known to man
• This is when hominids came along
• This is when primates started to make tools to make surfing easier
• This period goes back up to 2.5 million years
• Man and animals turned on each other in this period

WHAT WERE THE SIGNS AND CAUSES OF THE STONE AGE

• The water temperature of the ocean was hotter
• The climate had been changing for millions of years
• Primates had begun attacking other animals ( not normal)
• The Earth had begun gaining a lot more CO2

FUN FACTS ABOUT HOMINIDS

• They often died for being unsuccessful in the hunt
• They had a funeral-like ceremony when one died
• They hunted together sort of like a pack of wolves
• They taught their children how to swim before they learned to walk
• Male hominids actually shaved with knives

FUN FACTS ABOUT THE STONE AGE

• Primates were already on earth when the Stone Age started
• The evolution started over 1 million years before the Stone Age started
• The bones of 20,000 year old skeleton were found in Africa
• Over 30,000 years ago the humans developed a money system during the Stone Age

MORE INFORMATION

• Animals and humans turned on each other in the Stone Age
• The oceans had begum to get warmer over the past 1 million years
• Hominids hunted with dogs that were actually trained wolves
• Fish began to migrate north to cooler water