First Humans

By rachelwolf
  • 200,000 BCE

    Austrolopithics

    -lived 4.5 million years ago
    -lived in Central Asia and modern day Ethiopia
    -first Hominid
    -lived in the forest mainly in trees
    -start of evolutionary chain
  • 200,000 BCE

    Homo Erectus

    -homo erectus means upright human
    -lived from 1.8 million to 100,000 years ago
  • 200,000 BCE

    Homo Habilis

    -lived 2.5 million to 1.6 million years ago
    -homo hablas means handy human -have somewhat of a larger brain
  • 199,999 BCE

    Spear

    -Neanderthals created it
    -as early of 300,000 BP and 250,000 years ago
    -wooden spears were made with fire
    -constructed with stone spear heads
  • 190,000 BCE

    Out of Africa Theory

    -1.9 million years ago
    -we probably would’ve ran out of food if we did not move out of Africa
  • 100,000 BCE

    Neanderthals

    -lived 100,000 BC to 30,000 BC
    -found in Germany, Europe, and Turkey
  • 100,000 BCE

    Fire

    -1 million years ago
    -protection and warmth
    -helps our brain grow by digesting food better
    -with bigger brains we can make better tools and find new ways to hunt and grow food
  • 100,000 BCE

    Ice Age

    -began 2.4 million years ago
    -lasted until 11,500 years ago
    -the earths climate repeatedly changed
  • 75,000 BCE

    Mount Toba Eruption

    -erupted about 75,000 years ago
    -made a cloudy smoke that made a winter environment for 6-10 years
  • 60,000 BCE

    Needles

    -created about 60,000 years ago
    -we could start making clothes with these to keep us warmer and had better survival
  • 14,000 BCE

    Land Bridge

    -started to cross the land bridge about 20,000 years ago
    -went into the americas
    -there was new recourses to use and new places to explore
  • 11,000 BCE

    Herding

    -10,000 and 13,000 years ago
    -the first livestock were domesticated from animals that Neolithic humans hunted for meat.
    -domestic pigs were bred from wild boars, and goats came from the Persian ibex.
    -draft animals including oxen, donkeys and camels appeared much later as humans developed trade routes for transporting goods.
  • 10,000 BCE

    Early Farming

    -started around 10,000 BC
    -emmer wheat, einkorn wheat and barley were among the first crops domesticated by Neolithic farming communitie
    -These early farmers also domesticated lentils, chickpeas, peas and flax.
  • 9000 BCE

    Founding of Jericho

    -9000 BC
    -started using tools for farming
    -started building cities
    -a lot of natural river surrounding
    -about 1000 people in the city