Human Origins

Determining the age of an artifact by measuring the shedding of carbon

• Radiocarbon Dating

• Carbon measuring

• Carbon sampling

BCE stands for?

• Before Common Era

• Be Citing Evidence

• Brad Cleans Everything

• Beware Close Elephants

CE stands for?

• Cats Everywhere

• Common Era

• Common Time

• Crazy Energy

Which increases in number as you get closer to the present?

• BCE

• CE

Which decreases in number as you get closer to the present?

• BCE

• CE

A period of time that has a specific characteristic

• Timeline

• Era

• Chronology

• History

"Old Stone Age"; 40,000 to 10,000 years ago; humans creating stone tools

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

"Middle Stone Age"; 10,000 years ago; humans begin domesticating dogs

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

9,000 to 4,000 years ago; humans begin settled communities, domesticating livestock (cows, goats, sheep)

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic

Scientific term for human beings

• Homo Sapiens

• Neanderthals

• Australopithecus

• Homo Erectus