Human Origins

Early humans who lived by hunting animals and gathering small plants 

• Hunter Gatherers
• Clans
• Neanderthals
• Homo Habilis

A person who moves from place to place is called a 

• Wanderer
• Migrator
• Nomad
• Settler

Early humans often followed patterns of _______________, based on seasons and the behaviors of animals.

• hunting
• farming
• fishing
• migration

Different environmental conditions, such as the ice age caused early humans to have to _________ in order to survive

• adapt
• build fires
• stockpile food
• migrate

The belief that nature, animals and the sky have a soul or spirit is known as

• spirituals
• animism
• humanism
• totems

The technology that the biggest effect on early human development was

• Gathering plants
• Fire
• Clans
• Written language

The earliest tools were often made from 

• iron
• animal skins
• fossils
• stone

The cave paintings at Lascaux showed archaeologists that 

• First evidence of early humans were in France
• Human beings had become more complex
• Caves had not existed during the Ice Age
• Cave paintings were worth a great deal of money

Burial practices and artwork of early humans suggest people may have practiced animism, a belief that

• animals are equal to humans
• humans should not harm the natural world
• the natural world was filled with spirits
• spirits protected animals

Homo sapiens means

• modern man
• walks upright
• wise people
• large-brained