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200,000 BCE
Australopithecus
4 million years ago it was here, it was located in south central Africa, now in Ethiopia. About 3ft and lived in the trees, first hominid, was the start of the human evolution. -
200,000 BCE
Fire
The used fire to cook there food, but hominids then later that the could use fire to preserve food for times in harsh environments. They used fire to keep safe from predators at night, the fire kept the, warm during cold days and harsh environments. They used fire to hunt, they set off fire in grass lands to control the population of pests in the surrounding areas -
Period: 200,000 BCE to 5000 BCE
Environmental change
Due to climate change the world warmed up causing snow to melt, this making it warmer and animals dying and the need to move around and start settling in other places to look for more resources -
178,000 BCE
The Hand Axe
The hand Axe was made around 1.6 mya, it was use to break bigger rocks to make it into smaller rocks, they latter use those rocks and made a stick that connected to the rock to create the hand axe -
171,000 BCE
The spear
The spear was used in a way to hunt around 279,000 years ago they used a rock like spear and put them at the end of a stick, this helped them distances themselves from the animal. They threw the spear to hurt and kill the animal. -
150,000 BCE
Homo habilis
Tool making hominid had a larger brain, existed about 2.5 millions years ago -
100,000 BCE
Homo erectus
About 1.8 million years ago Was the first ever hominid to stand on two legs, we said to come out of the out of Africa theory. -
90,000 BCE
Out of Africa Theroy(loss of food)
They were able to forage and hunt for food but the big main part was fishing which was why the he stayed around the water to be able to fish, they traveled out of Africa and as they moved around they stayed around the shore -
75,000 BCE
Mt.Toba catastrophe
Super valcanic eruption in south east Asia that drove the world into a volcanic winter eruption to 6 to 10 years. It covered the earth in ash leading the death to food plant and resources. This forced the people to migrate in search of food due to limited resources in the area. Due to this people leave Africa. -
50,000 BCE
Homo sapiens
About 200,000, Displace all other forms of “human like” organisms. -
35,000 BCE
Neolithic event
Fire was used to cook food and keep warm, traps were invented so hunting would be more easier and they would be able to settle in one spot, needles were made from pieces of bone to make clothes to keep warm from the harsh climate. They utilized fire to help them survive/protect them from predators. They were able to tame wolves and it helped them be able survive and find food for the people. -
26,000 BCE
The last ice age
The last ice age occurred around 11,700 years ago, it froze half of the earth killing many animals and plants, this gave the people the
need to travel because of little food. They needed to look for more resources. -
23,000 BCE
Agriculture
Agriculture began around 12,000 years ago, this meant they were able to stay in one spot and farm plants, they were able to harvest food from this and this allowed them so settle down and they didn’t move as much -
4000 BCE
Domestication of animals
People domesticated animals, the first ever animal to be domesticated to be a pet was a wolf and many people used them to hunt, the wolves were able to hunt for food for them and the people. This was a big deal as it healped the people locate animals faster.