Study Guide October 30th, 2006

 

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Primary Source =      Information about events recorded ______________ of those events.

 

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Secondary Source =  Information about events recorded_____________ those events by people who have studied the primary source

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Homo sapiens =  __________ human

Homo habilis =   __________ human

 

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Earliest Ancestors:

 

            The first such fossil, a child’s skull, was discovered at _________ , in South Africa.  ______________ was the scientist who made this important discovery in 1924.  In the 1950’s, __________Leakey found more australopithecine fossils in the __________Gorge in eastern Africa.

 

Ice Age:

           

            ________ sheets of ice and snow called _________ covered large areas of the earth.  From about __________ years ago until about _________ years ago glaciers advanced and retreated.  With _____% the world covered by blankets of ice, ocean levels __________dramatically, and ___________ formed and coastlines __________. 

 __________died due to ___________ change and animals ____________ because they were looking for _________.    _____________ followed animals to new lands.  Human lived on every continent except ________________. 

 

 

Fire:

            Name 6 ways early man used fire to help improve life?

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True/False

 

            Bands are a large group of animals highly organized.             _______________

 

Mary Leakey found footprints of biped which indicated that man walked on all

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Story telling is when early humans gathered around the fire. _________________

 

Hunter- gatherers survived by planting and harvesting.  _________________

 

Developments in technology of early humans can be seen by studying their skeletons. ______________________________

 

 

Write down two additonal facts that you have learned that are not on this study guide:

 

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The magical and rare transformation of a bone into a fossil starts shortly after decomposition when sediment begins to cover the bones and other minerals gradually replace calcium within the bones. Over time, the bones harden into stone as water carries more and more minerals into the tiny spaces within the bone. At the same time, more and more sediment covers the remains until they are buried under hundreds of feet of soil. With any luck, geological processes like weathering and the movement of tectonic plates and heavy rains will bring the fossils to the surface where an intrepid archaeologist will find them.