1. The Early Men

2. Definitions of
Words
1. Anthropology - The study of
human races, origins, societies,
and cultures.
2. Glaciers - A very large area of ice
that moves slowly down a slope or
valley or over a wide area of land.
3. Archeology - A science that deals
with past human life and
activities by studying the bones,
tools, etc, of ancient people.
.

3. 4. Culture - A particular society that has
its own bliefs , ways of life, art, etc.
5. Civilization - The condition that
exists when peope have
developedeffective ways of organizing a
society and care aboutart, science, etc.
6. Ice age - A time in the distant past
when a largeof the world was covered
with ice.

4. The oldest known
australopithecine skeleton was
discovered in afar, Ethiopia by
Donald Johnson, Tim White, and
Tom Gray.
The skeleton was that of a female
and was named Lucy.
She was probably 3.5 feet tall and
may have lived about 4 million
years ago.

5. LUCY

6. She is one of the most complete
skeletons of an early ancestor of
humans ever found.
She walked upright, and
anthropologist estimate hat she
was about twenty years old when
she died.

7. The Appearance of
Early Humans
Both humans and these pre -
human creatures are called
Homonids. which mean "two -
legged primates".
Anthropologist called the early pre
- humans as Australopithecines.
which means "southern ape".

8. Scientist divided
Homo into 3 species
1. Homo habilis - or " man of skill ".
lived during the firt quarter of the
paleolithic period.
They lived in Africa from about 2.5
million to 1.5 million years ago.

9. Homo habilis

10. 2. Homo erectus - or " person who
walks upright ".
Few researches split this into two
species:
a. Homo ergaster
b. Homo erectus
This type of homo first appeared in
africa and lived from 1.8 million
to about 30, 000 years ago.

11. Homo erectus

12.  Homo erectus were food gatherers.
Women gathered fruits, nuts, and
seeds while Men looked for meat.
By about 50, 000 years ago.
Males had become hunters, using
spears to kill deer, pigs, and
rabbits.

13.  These early humans also had
learned how to make fire.
They also make cloths for their
own.
They simply wrapped themselves
in animal skins.

14. 3. Homo sapiens or " person who
thinks ".
 First homo sapiens probably were
the Neanderthals. They were
named the Neanderthals by the
anthropologists after the Neander
Valley in Germany.
 Their remains first discovered in
the 1850 CE.

15.  Evidence shows that Neanderthal
people may have originated in
Africa and began spreading into
Europe and Asia. about 100, 000
years ago.
 They stood about 5.5 feet tall.
Their brains are slightly larger
than those of modern human
beings, and they had thick bones.

16. Neanderthal


17.  Neanderthals were nomadic
hunter gatherers who used fire for
warmth and for cooking their
food.
 They were advanced culturally.
They cared for the sick and may
have been the first to practice
medicine.
 They believed in life after death.

18.  Cro-magnons are prehistoric
people who lived in Europe from
about 40, 000 to 10, 000 years ago.
 Cro-magnons are scientifcally
classified as Homo sapiens just as
are people today.
 First modern humans to inhabit
Europe.

19.  Cro-magnons are named after the
Cro-magnon rock shelter in Les
Eyzies, southwestern France.
Remains were first discovered in
1868. like other modern humans,
cro-magnons had a high forehead,
small brow ridges and a well
defined chin.

20.  Cro-magnons people first
appeared in Europe about 40, 000
years ago, probably from the east
and with an ultimate origin in
Africa.
 Like the neanderthals, the cro-
magnons were hunters and
gatherers who lived off the bounty
of nature.

21. Cro-magnons lived inside cave
intrances while others built huts
in forested areas.
Cro-magnons were known for their
creativity.
Paintings found at Lascaux,
France, as well as in other caves in
Spain and Africa, are evidences of
their artistry.

22.  In the Philippines, the first known
man was found in Cagayan Valley
(750, 000-5,000 BCE).
Scientists referred to him as the
Cagayan Man or Homo erectus
philippinensis.

23. Archeologists believe that the
Cagayan Manor Homo Erectus
philippinensis lived about 500,
000 years ago in Cagayan, but
their skeletal remains have not
been found yet.
Archeological excavations, one in
the 1970s revealed stone tools lying
beside the fossils of large animals
such as elephants, stegodons,
rhinoceros, crocodiles, and giant
turtles.

24.  They use these kinds of tools for
them to hunt those animals.
Based on the stone tools and
animal remains discovered, the
Cagayan Man is believed to have
survived through hunting and
Plant gathering.