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Studying the Distant Past
Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past
Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past
How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans?
• Archaeologists study things that people left behind• They dig up old campsites and settlements to find
artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons.• They study fossils of people who lived millions of years
ago
How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans?
• Archaeologists study things that people left behind• They dig up old campsites and settlements to
find artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons.• They study fossils of people who lived millions
of years ago
Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past
How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans?
• Archaeologists study things that people left behind• They dig up old campsites and settlements to find
artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons.• They study fossils of people who lived millions of years
ago.
• Fossils are the remains or imprints of living things• Fossils are formed from the harder parts of living things
such as bones, teeth, or woody stems.
What are fossils?
What are fossils?
• Fossils are the remains or imprints of living things• Fossils are formed from the harder parts of
living things such as bones, teeth, or woody stems.
Questions and Titles Studying The Distant Past
How do archaeologists help us learn about early humans?
• Archaeologists study things that people left behind• They dig up old campsites and settlements to find
artifacts such as tools, pottery, or weapons.• They study fossils of people who lived millions of years
ago.
• Fossils are the remains or imprints of living things.• Fossils are formed from the harder parts of living things
such as bones, teeth, or woody stems.
What are fossils?
Who were Mary and Louis Leakey?
• Archaeologists who discovered 1.75 million year old human fossils at a place called Olduvai Gorge in East Africa
• As a result, scientists focused their search for the origins of humans in Africa.
Who were Mary and Louis Leakey?
• Archaeologists who discovered 1.75 million year old human fossils at a place called Olduvai Gorge in East Africa.• As a result, scientists focused their search for
the origins of humans in Africa.
