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Brain: Large brains using basic speech patterns to communicate.

Facial Characteristics: High, rounded skulls. Skulls identical to modern humans. Small teeth.

Shelter: Built shelters of earth and stone; lived in caves/ huts made with hide

Height: 4.5-6 feet tall

Society/Culture:
Tools: They attached thin blades to bone, antler, and stone to create a wide variety of tools. Tools for engraving and sculpting. They created needles to sew clothing. They made hooks and spears to catch fish. They invented the spear thrower and the bow and arrow. Used medicines and rituals to heal. Art cave paintings, dresses, tunics, beaded necklaces, and carvings. They had feelings about their world and created images to express feelings.

Diet: Learned how to fish and could hunt from a safe distance. Nomadic followed pack animals (horse, oxen)

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Use History Alive! Pages 22-23 to complete the following. Write complete sentences. Be thorough in your answers. Input Charts are the primary source for Unit Exams (30% HISTORY category) and they need to be used as a study guide. PROMPT 1.) Who created the first prehistoric cave paintings ever discovered? 2.) When did Homo Sapien Sapiens, the earliest member of our own group, live? 3.) Define land bridge. 4.) Why did Wise Humans survive? 5.) Describe Homo Sapien Sapiens tool making capabilities. 6.) Describe this hominids hunting capabilities. 7.) How did early modern humans record their lives? 8.) Describe the imagery of prehistoric artists. 9.) What are some conclusions about why early modern humans created art? 10.) Paraphrase the caption provided with the illustration on page 23. YOUR ANSWER The homo sapien-sapien were the ones how created the cave pantings. These homos lived from 35,000 to 12,000 B.C.E. An area of land now covered by water. They survived because they would work tougher in their tribes and care for each other. The homos tool making skill are very good they made the bow and arrow. They created the needle to sew clothing. They made hooks and spears to catch fish. There hunting capability is very good and the homo would have stable food supply and a bow and arrow. These homos recorered their lives in their cave art. The homos had feelings for the imagery art. I think they created the cave art because it was for relgious reasons and tell tell storys of there hunts Once the homos find shelter and food they go down in a cave and make cave art.

Name: Date: Period: Assignment: Homo Sapien Sapiens Input Chart