How early people lived: hunting, gathering, tools and moving to new lands
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Clues archaeologists found
Clue Where About how old What it shows stone carried up to 12 km to one spot Kanjera, Kenya about 2 million years early humans carried stone to a favored spot to make tools fire-scorched flint beside burned seeds and wood Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel at least 790,000 years early humans made and controlled fire at hearths the oldest fossils of our species, Homo sapiens Africa about 300,000 years our species evolved in Africa more than 1,000 drawings on cave walls, many of animals Chauvet Cave, France 30,000 to 32,000 years people made art Below the chart: these are the oldest clues found so far; older ones may still be found.
Where were the fire-scorched flint and burned seeds found, Milo asks?
- Chauvet Cave, France
- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
- Kanjera, Kenya
- White Sands, New Mexico
About how old are the Chauvet Cave drawings, Noah asks?
- At least 790,000 years
- 30 to 32 years
- 30,000 to 32,000 years
- About 300,000 years
What do the oldest Homo sapiens fossils show, Pia asks?
- Our species began in France
- People controlled fire
- Our species evolved in Africa
- People made art on walls
About how many years passed between the hearths and the oldest Homo sapiens fossils, Ren asks?
- About 790,000 years
- About 1,090,000 years
- About 490 years
- About 490,000 years
About how many years passed between the stone carried at Kanjera and the hearths, Tala asks?
- About 1.2 million years
- About 1.2 thousand years
- About 2.8 million years
- About 200,000 years
About how long after the first Homo sapiens fossils were the Chauvet drawings made, Zee asks?
- About 330,000 years
- About 270,000 years
- About 27,000 years
- About 270 years
Flint at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov was bent out of shape by heat. Which claim fits that clue, Ari asks?
- Stone tools were not made there
- People cooked their meals there each day
- A volcano erupted there yesterday
- Fires burned there long ago
At Kanjera, stone came from up to 12 km away. Which claim fits that clue, Bo asks?
- Early humans built roads to Kanjera
- The stone rolled there by itself
- Kanjera was the one place in Africa with stone
- Early humans brought stone from far away
Chauvet Cave holds more than 1,000 drawings, many of animals. Which claim fits, Esme asks?
- No people ever went into the cave
- People there wrote with an alphabet
- People there made art
- The drawings are 300,000 years old
Kira's friend says nobody made art before Chauvet. What is the best reply?
- Disagree: Chauvet is 790,000 years old
- Agree: the chart says so
- Agree: Chauvet is the first art ever
- Not proven: older art may be found