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(4000000 BCE- 1000000 BCE)
Were the first ancestors of humans to inhabit earth. Believed to be the first people to stand straight. Found in southern and Eastern Asia. -
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The Stone Age consisted of the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. The Paleolithic Age lasted from 2.5 million B.C.E. to 8,000 B.C.E. The Neolithic Age lasted from 8,000 B.C.E. to roughly 3,000 B.C.E.
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(2500000 BCE- 1500000 BCE)
Homo habilis remains have been found throughout eastern Africa. They are believed to be our first ancestors to make and use tools of stone. -
(1600000 BCE)
Fire was invented by the Homo erectus. Fire was important because it did not just cook food, it created warmth and scared harmful animals away. -
(1600000 BCE- 3000 BCE)
Homo erectus remains have been found throughout the continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe. They were our first ancestors to have a brain size of 1,000 cubic centimeters. -
(200000 BCE- 30000 BCE)
Neanderthal remains have been found throughout Southwest Asia and Europe. They were our first ancestors known to have had ritual burials. -
(8000 BCE)
Agriculture reveloution. People settle in one spot planting and growing livestock. Strength support. -
Wise Person (Africa)
Distinct chin, smaller nose, and jaw; brains not larger but are able to organize and imagine, frontal lobes, taller, no brow ridge, less rugged, develop imagination, mousterian tools, nomadic.