Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 4, Lesson 3: Hunters and Gatherers (pp. 106-114)
I. Early Fire Users
B. Homo erectus were hunter-gatherers. This means they hunted wild animals and gathered wild plants for food.
C. For about a million years, Homo erectus lived in groups of 20-30 people that traveled over the year to find food.
II. The Neanderthals: Community Builders
B. Neanderthals probably had a strong sense of community and took care of one another.
C. Neanderthals seem to be the earliest humans concerned with life after death.
III. Cro-Magnons: Modern Humans
B. The Cro-Magnons looked like modern people and lived like modern hunter-gatherers.
C. The Cro-Magnons were, as far as we know, the world's first artists. They carved sculptures and painted cave walls and ceilings.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Homo erectus used fire to live in cold regions, cook food, and to scare off dangerous animals.
A. Neanderthals were an early form of Homo sapiens and probably lived in larger groups than those of earlier humans.
A. About 35, 000 years ago, the Neanderthals died out and modern humans, the Cro-Magnons, arose.
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