FIRST MEN ON EARTH
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FIRST MEN ON EARTHHISTORY 1BGU
THE WORLD BEFORE MEN
BIG BANG• 13
BILLONS
4,6 BILLONS• SOLAR
SYSTEM
3,8 BILLONS• CRUST,
ATMOSPHERE, SEAS
250 MILLONS• PANGAL
EA
1 MILLON • CONTINEN
TS
250.000 YEARS• HOMO
SAPIENS ANCESTERS
HOW DO WE PLACE THAT IN TIME?
EONS
ERA PERIODS
EPOCHS AGES
ERA PERIODS
HADEAN EON
PALEOZOIC ERA – 540 MILLON YEARS AGO
MESOZOIC ERA – 248 MILLON YEARS
AGO
CENOZOIC ERA – 65 MILLON YEARS
AGO
TERCIARY PERIOD – 65 TO 3 MILLON
YEARS AGO
QUATERNARY PERIOD - 3
MILLON YEARS AGO
WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE?HADEAN EON (NO SIGN
OF LIFE)PALEOZOIC ERA (ONE CELL LIFE
AND SIMPLE FORMS)
MESOZOIC ERA (AGE
OF REPTILS)CENOZOIC ERA
TERCIARY PERIOD (BIG MAMMALS)
QUATERNARY PERIOD (SMALL
MAMMALS AND MEN)
HOW MUCH TIME HAVE MEN BEEN LIVING ON EARTH?
3 MILLON YEARS1 MILLON YEARS
500.000 YEARS
100.000 YEARS
HOMO SAPIENS ANCESTERSCHINA – INDONESIA - PEKIN
AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI
HE WERE FOUND IN OLDUVAI, TANGAÑICA, AFRICA
HE WAS ABLE TO USE TOOLS
HIS DIET WAS MAINLY VEGETABLES AND FRUITS, AND SOME MEAT
1.9 MILLON YEARS TO 1.7 MILLON YEARS
HOMINID
AUSTRALOPITHECUS VS MODERN MAN
PITECANTHROPUS OR MAN OF JAVA
HE WAS FOUND IN JAVA, INDONESIA IN 1891 BY EUGENE DUBOIS
HIS BRAIN LARGER THAN HIS ANCESTORS (900 CM3)
500.000 YEARS OLD
SINANTHROPUS OR MAN OF PEKINPALEONTOLOGIST: DAVIDSON BLACK
HE FOUND SOME BONES IN A CHOUKOUTIEN CAVE, NEAR PEKIN
HE FOUND MARKS OF FIRE AND SOME TOOLS
MAN OF PEKIN´S BRAIN WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THEN JAVA´S ONE
500.000 YEARS OLD
NEANDERTHAL MANHE WAS FOUND IN NEANDER, GERMANY
HE WAS ABLE TO MADE STONE TOOLS BY CARVING THE STONE
THEY HAD POWERFULLY BUILT ARMS, LEGS AND TORSO; AND POWERFUL TEETH AND JAWS.
THEY USED THEIR TEETH AS TOOLS FOR HOLDING AND STRIPPING THINGS
CRO-MAGNON MANHE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN FRANCE
THAT THEY WERE TALLER THAN MODERN MEN, HAD A PHYSIQUE MORE ROBUST AND ALSO HAD A LARGER CRANIAL CAPACITY.
THEY HAD A HIGH BROW, WIDE FACE AND A NOSE WHICH WAS MORE PROMINENT LIKE THE FEATURES OF MODERN EUROPEANS.
THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND IN EUROPE, AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA
50.000 YEARS OLD
NEANDERTHAL VS CRO-MAGNON
WHEN DOES HISTORY BEGIN?
PREHISTORY
• ARCHEOLOGISTS
• PALEONTOLOGISTS
• BONES• SETTLEMENTS
REMAINS• POTTERY
WRITING
• 4.000 BC• EGIPT
HISTORY
• HISTORIANS• DOCUMENTS• TABLETS
PREHISTORICAL AND HISTORICAL AGES
CONTEMPORARY AGE
MODERN AGE
MIDDLE AGE
ANCIENT AGE
METAL AGE
STONE AGE
PREHISTORY
HISTORY