SS 1.1 The Distant Past

-Vocabulary-

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant

• Fossil

• Evidence

• Prehistory

What are the three ways fossils and artifacts dated?

(check/select three)

• Comparing

• Radioactive

• DNA

• Smelling

• Tasting

Why do scientists look for fossils and artifacts?

• For Fun

• Find Out How People Lived in the Past

• To Become Rich

• To Collect Items for a Museum

Most scientist beleive that the beginning of civilizaion started in...

• Africa

• Australia

• North America

What did Donald Johanson name his discovery? (clue: the name came a Beatles song.)

• Lucy

• Larry

• Fred

• Juju

So far the oldest skeletal fossil is?

• "Lucy" from 3.2 million years ago

• "Ardi" 4.4 from millions years ago

• "humanlike skull" from 7 million years ago

Why do many scientists believe that human life bagan in Africa?

Because of...

• how many skeleton bones they've found ther.

• the written records they've found there.

• the age of skeleton bones they've found there.

• the size of the skeleton bones they've found there.

These people hunted animals and gathered plants

• Hunter-Gatherers

• Anthropologists

• Geologists

• Archaeologists

Which scientist studies the physical materials of Earth, like soil and rocks?

• Archaeologists

• Mrs. Kenison

• Geologists

Which items did Early Humans use to make tools?

(select all that apply)

• Stone

• Plastic

• Metal

• Bones

• Antlers