NAME: ______

DATE: ______

History Guided Notes #1:

THE HISTORY OF THE EARTH and PREHISTORIC MAN

HISTORY OF THE EARTH

Modern Science believes that the ______has existed for ______.

Earth’s ______is divided into many ______in order to distinguish what was happening on ______at the time.

The ______is measured using the ______, which is basically the ______.

The Geologic Time Scale uses several different ______.

From largest to smallest, they are:

  • ______
  • ______
  • ______
  • ______
  • ______
  • ______
  • We are currently in the:
  • ______eon
  • ______era
  • ______period
  • ______epoch
  • ______age

HOW LONG HAVE PEOPLE WALKED THE EARTH?

______died off approximately ______years ago.

The______walked the earth approximately ______years ago.

No matter what you’ve seen on TV or in the movies, ______.

3 MILLION YEARS AGO…

All sorts of ______existed on the earth.

______emerged from ______.

Scientists believe ______.

What were the differences between ______and ______?

  • Hominids could ______.
  • The______in Hominid ______were joined differently, allowing more ______.

MEET LUCY: AUSTRALOPITHECUS!

We know about the ______due to the discover of ______!

______was discovered in ______in ______. That is in ______.

About ______of Lucy’s ______was recovered.

Her ______is called the ______.

Lucy’s ______are estimated to be ______years old.

She is named Lucy after a song by ______.

INTERVIEW WITH DONALD JOHANSON

Jot down any notes about the interview with Donald Johanson, one of the discoverers of Lucy.

______

HOW DID SCIENTISTS LEARN FROM LUCY?

Lucy was around ______and weighed about ______.

We know Lucy was an ______because of the ______as well as the ______.

We know Lucy was ______because of ______.

She ______by the ______: did she ______? Was she attacked by an ______?

AUSTRALOPITHECUS vs. HOMO ERECTUS

Use the chart below to note down three differences between Australopithecus and Homo Erectus (a later hominid):

AUSTRALOPITHECUS (Lucy) / HOMO ERECTUS

HOW DO WE LEARN FROM PREHISTORY?

______are ______who ______, from prehistory to today.

To learn about ______, anthropologists use two things:

  • ______
  • ______

THE STONE AGE and HOMO HABILIS

The ______refers to the period in which ______used ______to make ______.

The hominids of this time were called ______, which means ______.

They were ______and ______than Lucy.

They were ______, which means they ______know how to ______.

Instead they ______and ______with their ______.

Homo Habilis______how to ______

NOMADISM

Because ______were ______, they could not ______.

They had to ______to find ______and ______.

This is called being ______.

Remember:______.

HOMO ERECTUS

______evolved into a new type of hominid: ______

Homo Erectus means ______.

Approx. ______as ______.

______figured out how to ______.

______reduced ______.

Homo Erectus gathered around the ______and______.

______improved.

Started making ______and ______.

No longer had to worry about ______.

Began to ______approximately ______years ago.

Did not use ______: they crossed the oceans ______because it was the ______.

NEANDERTHALS

After ______came the ______.

Closely related to ______.

They are named after the ______in ______where the first ______were found.

At first assumed to be ______and ______, but this was because they didn’t realize the______had______.

CRO-MAGNON

______were ______of the ______. This means they ______.

Cro-Magnon lived in ______.

Learned to ______and ______for the ______.

Learned to ______with ______.

Built ______to ______while they were busy doing ______.

Made ______and ______.

Invented the ______and______.

CAVE PAINTINGS

A very strange thing the______did which ______was ______.

They painted on the ______of ______.

One Cro-Magnon man would ______left by another.

Mostly these paintings were of ______and of ______.

Why did the Cro-Magnon do this?

  • ______
  • ______
  • ______
  • ______