Before History- Ch.1
Subject:
World History [1]
Tags:
Cenozoic [2]
Phanerozoic [3]
anthropology [6]
Human Evolution [7]
Neogene [9]
Paleolithic [10]
Neolithic [11]
Stone Age [12]
human [13]
Environment [14]
The evolution of Homo sapiens The hominids Australopithecus Appeared in east Africa about four million to one million years ago Walked upright on two legs; well-developed hands Stone tools; fire later Homo erectus 2.5 million to two hundred thousand years ago, east Africa Large brain; sophisticated tools; definitely knew how to control fire Developed language skills in well-coordinated hunts of large animals Migrated to Asia and Europe; established throughout by two hundred thousand years ago Homo sapiens; evolved as early as two hundred thousand years ago Brain with large frontal regions for conscious and reflective thought Spread throughout Eurasia beginning more than one hundred thousand years ago, Ice age land bridges enabled them to populate other continents