1.1 Rise of Humans

Historians

• mainly use written records as their main sources of information

• study the past

• excavate artefacts at archaeological dig sites

• never evaluate the validity of artefacts

Archaeologists

• excavate artefacts at archaeological dig sites

• evaluate the validity of primary and secondary sources

• analyse artefacts from archaeological sites

• excavate fossils

Archaeology means

• the study of the ancient past through fossils

• the study of the human past through artefacts, or objects made, used or modified by humans

A Primary source is one that

• comes from the period of History being investigated

• is created after the period of History that is being investigated

A Secondary source is a source that is

• created during the period of History being studied

• written or produced after the period of History that is being described

_______________ are people who dig up artifacts and other things from earlier time periods.

• Homo Sapiens
• Paleolithic Age 
• Anthropologists 
• Archeologists 

What is the scientific name for modern human?________________

• Prehistory
• Hunter-Gather
• Homo Sapiens
• Hominids

An early ancestor of humans is a ___________________.

•  Hominids
• Paleolithic Age
• Prehistory
• Hunter-gathers

 Historians call the time before there was writing ____________________.

• Specialization 
• Prehistory
• Paleolithic Age
• Anthropologists 

Prehistoric humans are called _________________.

• Homo  anthroape
• Hominids
• Lucy
• Cavemen