Early Humans Project
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PALEOLITHIC AGE
STONE TOOLS
The first people who used stone tools were Homo Habilis in Africa 3-4 million years ago, they used them to cut skin and crush bones.
Photo by Travis S.
STONE TOOLS NOW
People now still use tools, but most of the the stone tools are replaced by metal. We also have machines do most of the work.
Photo by fusky
CONTROL OF FIRE
Homo Erectus were the first to use and control fire. They used it to cook food, stay warm and keep animals away. They used fire in Africa, Asia and Europe in the year 1.8 million to 300 B.C.E.
Photo by Ottoman42
CONTROL OF FIRE NOW
We now still use fire to cook food and stay warm and also to make electricity.
Photo by l.hutton
SHELTER
Homo Erectus were the first to use caves and oval huts as shelter. They used these in Africa, Asia and Europe to cook food and stay warm in the year 1.8 to 300,000 BCE.
Photo by robdu91
SHELTER NOW
We now still use shelter to sleep and stay warm. Now we have houses with more floors and made out of stone bricks.
Photo by Stuck in Customs
NEOLITHIC AGE
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Neolithic people farmed for food and had a stable food supply because of agriculture. They also could settle down in one place and cities developed
Photo by neilalderney123
DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOW
We now still farm today and we have much food because of agriculture. We now farm with machines and it goes a lot of quicker.
Photo by Auntie P
PERMANENT SHELTER
Now that they farmed and have food they could make a permanent home. They made better homes because they had time. They used the homes to stay warm, to sleep, keep animals away and to cook in.
Photo by Wessex Archaeology
PERMANENT SHELTER NOW
We now still have permanent homes, but better and stronger than in the Neolithic age. We now use them to cook, sleep, eat, play and stay warm.
Photo by Shawn Harquail
WEAVING
Because they had enough a food to survive they wanted better clothing, so they invented weaving. Weaving helped them make better clothes and blankets.
Photo by nevil zaveri
WEAVING NOW
We now still weave to make clothing, but we use machines and we now still use it to make clothing, blankets and lots of other things.
Photo by ell brown
EMERGE OF SUMER
PLOW
These people invented something to farm better it is called the plow. The plow helped them make the soil ready for planting.
Photo by Keith Bacongco
PLOW NOW
We still use the plow today but with big machines that do it automatically.
Photo by Marcel Douwe Dekker
MATHEMATICS
They also invented something to add all their crops, divide the crops equally and add up all the taxes it is called mathematics.
Photo by riebschlager
MATHEMATICS NOW
We still use math today to add money and lots of other things. We now invented a calculator that will help with math.
Photo by altemark
DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING
They also invented something to keep track of their crops and goods, it is called writing. They wrote on clay tablets in cuneiform. Cuneiform had about 700 symbols.
Photo by Ryan Somma
DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING NOW
We today still use writing but we don't use 700 symbols but 26. We use writing for almost anything like math.
Photo by Manoj Kengudelu
