Early Peoples
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Homo Habilis
"Handy Man" and the first to make stone tools
Homo Erectus
"Upright man" these hominids became skillful hunters and invented more sophisticated tools and used fire.
Australopithicus afarensis
Lucy! Our ancestor 3.2 million years ago, with a brain the size of a grapefruit & walks on two legs all the time
Paleolithic Era
Old Stone Age
Homo Sapiens
Our species: large brain and complex language
Nomads
People who move place to place with the seasons
Hunter-gatherers
people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food
Technology
tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants