Historians, Archeologists, & Early Humans

Trained professionals who study a particular time period or group of people from the past

• technologist

• pastologist

• librarian

• historian

What do historians do?

• read about & research wars of the past

• study ancient civilizations

• ask questions about the past to better understand the present

• all of the above!

"the scientific study of human life, by looking at artifacts left behind by past civilizations"

• neologist

• historian

• archeology

• anthropology

What does an archeologist do?

• use small hand tools such as shovels, picks, & brushers to uncover ancient remains

• travel often to discover remains in new places

• use their findings to draw conclusions about how people lived in the past

• all of the above

True or false: It is important to learn about the mistakes of the past, so we can develop a better world today & in the future.

• true

• false

An extinct relative in the hominid family; lived in Africa between 2-4 million years ago

• baboons

• Australopithecus

• ingenious

• indigenous

Region of the world spanning across Europe & Asia

• North Africa

• Eurasia

• Asiaurope

• Scandinavia

A rank used to classify species falling under the same family tree

• genus

• familiarity

• food chain

• australopithecus

Group of primates including humans, apes, and gorillas

• Eurasian

• Paleolithic

• Genus

• Hominids

This prefix means same; in this unit-- of the human species; having large brains, two feet, & using tools"

• Naledi

• Austro

• Homo

• Bio