How early people lived: hunting, gathering, tools and moving to new lands
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet
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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?
- Kanjera, Kenya
- White Sands, New Mexico
- Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel
- Chauvet Cave, France
About how old are the Chauvet Cave drawings, Noah asks?
- About 300,000 years
- At least 790,000 years
- 30 to 32 years
- 30,000 to 32,000 years
What do the oldest Homo sapiens fossils show, Pia asks?
- Our species evolved in Africa
- People made art on walls
- People controlled fire
- Our species began in France
About how many years passed between the hearths and the oldest Homo sapiens fossils, Ren asks?
- About 1,090,000 years
- About 490,000 years
- About 790,000 years
- About 490 years
About how many years passed between the stone carried at Kanjera and the hearths, Tala asks?
- About 200,000 years
- About 1.2 thousand years
- About 1.2 million years
- About 2.8 million years
About how long after the first Homo sapiens fossils were the Chauvet drawings made, Zee asks?
- About 330,000 years
- About 270 years
- About 27,000 years
- About 270,000 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
- Fires burned there long ago
- A volcano erupted there yesterday
At Kanjera, stone came from up to 12 km away. Which claim fits that clue, Bo asks?
- Early humans brought stone from far away
- Early humans built roads to Kanjera
- The stone rolled there by itself
- Kanjera was the one place in Africa with stone
Chauvet Cave holds more than 1,000 drawings, many of animals. Which claim fits, Esme asks?
- The drawings are 300,000 years old
- People there wrote with an alphabet
- People there made art
- No people ever went into the cave
Kira's friend says nobody made art before Chauvet. What is the best reply?
- Agree: Chauvet is the first art ever
- Agree: the chart says so
- Not proven: older art may be found
- Disagree: Chauvet is 790,000 years old