Human Beginnings

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
• To find cool stuff underground
• To study the relationship between geography and fossils 

Scientist who study the remains of past human life.

• ancestors
• archaeologist
• descendant
• architect

What test would be the best way to analyze the date of a fossil or artifact?

• Carbon Ray test
• Artifact testing
• Archaeological dating
• Carbon Dating

What is an artifact?

• An imprint of a plant from long ago
• The remains of a person from long ago
• A food prepared or eaten by humans
• An object made or used by humans 

What is a hominid?

• a lion

• a water mammal that swims in the ocean

• a primate that walks on 2 feet

• a tool used to find fossils

We believe fire was discovered in this time period?

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Paleolithic

• hypothesis

Hunter Gatherers had cats and dogs and were great farmers.

• true

• false

Prehistoric artists represented their world and beliefs on cave walls.

• true

• false

These are all ancient hominids,(Choose ALL the correct answers)

• Homo habilis

• Homo erectus

• "Lucy"

• the statue of liberty

Choose the examples of domestication.

• farming, having house plans, and having pets

• foraging for nuts and mushrooms

• collecting water from a near by stream

• fishing in the ocean