Powerpoint on the advancements of early humans.

1. Regions & People of the WorldRegions & People of the World
EARLY PEOPLE &EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONCIVILIZATION

2. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
Early Human & Environment
Interaction• People have 3 basic needs
 food
clothing
shelter
• Earliest people satisfied these
needs from the environment

3. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
Early Human & Environment
Interaction• FOOD , CLOTHING &
SHELTER
 Earliest people were hunter-
gatherers
Hunted wild game & gathered variety
of plants for food
Animal hides were used for clothing
Men hunted and fished
Women gathered foods that
grew in the environment
Shelter would most likely have been
caves, rock shelters or coverings made
from branches and animal skins.

4. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
Early Human & Environment
Interaction• NOMADS
 People worked in groups
as it was easer to collect and
share resources – family
clans were formed
When a clan had used
food up in one area, they
moved to another
They migrated to new
locations to follow food
sources
There was great
dependence on the
natural environment

5. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
Early Human & Environment
Interaction•TECHNOLOGY
•Humans knew that fire
could be made by examining
how lightning caused fires.
•Early people created fire
by rubbing sticks together
and learned how to keep
embers burning of which
they could start a new fire.
•The discovery of fire is
one of the most important
events in human history.

6. Mr. Terry’s
Greatest Discoveries in
History
• Fire
• Bacon
• Polio Vaccine
• Penguins being
jerks
• Online Gaming

7. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
Early Human & Environment
Interaction
•Fire was important as it
provided:
•Light
•Heat
•Protection
•Means for cooking
and tempering tools

8. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
Early Human & Environment
Interaction•Hunting and Gathering
became easier when early people
learned to make tools
 Early tools were simple
implements from the
environment such as sticks,
stones and animal bones
More complex tools
developed with flint
spearheads and metal tools

9. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
BEGINNINGS OF
AGRICULTURE
• Scarcity of resources in the area
led to development of agriculture
 Learning to grow food from
plant seeds
Most likely learned it from
seeing new shoots grow up
Led to raising food
instead of gathering it

10. EARLY PEOPLE &
CIVILIZATIONS
BEGINNINGS OF
AGRICULTURE• Scarcity of resources in the area led to
development of agriculture
Learning to herd animals
Hunters learned to capture
animals in ravines or enclosures
(fences) – they saw they could
be herded!
 Animals became
domesticated (trained) and used
for human purposes
 Sheep, goats and cattle were
domesticated for meat and milk
while pack animals (donkeys,
camels etc) were trained to move
and carry loads

11. So what animals CAN be
domesticated?
• Animals provide food, clothing, milk, tools
(bones and teeth), and they can do work (ride
horses, oxen pull heavy plows for farming)
• Best domesticated animals, or beast of burden,
are large, plant eating mammals.
• Have offspring within 1st
or 2nd
year (so we can
eat mama and papa this year and then eat kids
NEXT year)
• Must have social hierarchy (control the leader

12. What kinds of animals?
• Must play well with humans
• Sheep, goats, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys, camels,
water buffalo, llamas, reindeer, yaks, cattle, mythas
(whatever that is).
• “But Mr. Terry, why can’t we ride duh Zebras? Dey be
like horses just in pajamas!”
• Some animals are skittish
• Evolved in environment with predators, jumpy and too
defensive.
• Same goes for elephants and other African giants like the
giraffe (natures dumbest looking animal).

13. Giraffe?
• Have you ever seen one of these
things?
• With their stupid long necks (oh, you
can eat the tree tops, good for you, I
can eat a smash burger)
• Stupid flat teeth
• Have to keep their head above their
stomachs at all times or choke
• Spots (oooh, you are really blending
into your environment, Mr. Giraffe,
with your 1,000 pound body and
GIANT FREAK NECK!)
• …and horns? You have HORNS for
some reason?