First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

How did early people start fires?


History of people


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The first farmers


Until 10,000 years ago,


people had to travel in


search of food. Then they


began to grow crops and keep


animals for meat and milk.


These people were the first


farmers.


The first human beings lived


about two million years ago.


We do not know exactly


what they looked like, but


we do know how they lived.


Tools and fire
We take fire and tools
for granted, but early
people had to learn
how to make and use
them. The first tools
were stone hand
axes, made about
600,000 years ago.

Cave shelters


Early people used caves like these


as shelters. Inside, the caves were


safe and warm. Sometimes, people


painted the walls with pictures


of the animals they hunted.


Early people

From apes to


human beings


Our oldest ancestors


looked like apes.


Slowly, they became


more human-like


and began to walk


upright on two legs.


Homo
habilis skull

Neanderthal skull

Modern
human skull

Flint
blade

Fire

This woman is grinding
grain between two stones
to make flour for bread.

A flint hand
axe from
Egypt.
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