FIRST MEN ON EARTHHISTORY 1BGU

THE WORLD BEFORE MEN

BIG BANG• 13

BILLONS

4,6 BILLONS• SOLAR

SYSTEM

3,8 BILLONS• CRUST,

ATMOSPHERE, SEAS

250 MILLONS• PANGAL

EA

1 MILLON • CONTINEN

TS

250.000 YEARS• HOMO

SAPIENS ANCESTERS

HOW DO WE PLACE THAT IN TIME?

EONS

ERA PERIODS

EPOCHS AGES

ERA PERIODS

HADEAN EON

PALEOZOIC ERA – 540 MILLON YEARS AGO

MESOZOIC ERA – 248 MILLON YEARS

AGO

CENOZOIC ERA – 65 MILLON YEARS

AGO

TERCIARY PERIOD – 65 TO 3 MILLON

YEARS AGO

QUATERNARY PERIOD - 3

MILLON YEARS AGO

WHAT HAPPENED BACK THERE?HADEAN EON (NO SIGN

OF LIFE)PALEOZOIC ERA (ONE CELL LIFE

AND SIMPLE FORMS)

MESOZOIC ERA (AGE

OF REPTILS)CENOZOIC ERA

TERCIARY PERIOD (BIG MAMMALS)

QUATERNARY PERIOD (SMALL

MAMMALS AND MEN)

HOW MUCH TIME HAVE MEN BEEN LIVING ON EARTH?

3 MILLON YEARS1 MILLON YEARS

500.000 YEARS

100.000 YEARS

HOMO SAPIENS ANCESTERSCHINA – INDONESIA - PEKIN

AUSTRALOPITHECUS BOISEI

HE WERE FOUND IN OLDUVAI, TANGAÑICA, AFRICA

HE WAS ABLE TO USE TOOLS

HIS DIET WAS MAINLY VEGETABLES AND FRUITS, AND SOME MEAT

1.9 MILLON YEARS TO 1.7 MILLON YEARS

HOMINID

AUSTRALOPITHECUS VS MODERN MAN

PITECANTHROPUS OR MAN OF JAVA

HE WAS FOUND IN JAVA, INDONESIA IN 1891 BY EUGENE DUBOIS

HIS BRAIN LARGER THAN HIS ANCESTORS (900 CM3)

500.000 YEARS OLD

SINANTHROPUS OR MAN OF PEKINPALEONTOLOGIST: DAVIDSON BLACK

HE FOUND SOME BONES IN A CHOUKOUTIEN CAVE, NEAR PEKIN

HE FOUND MARKS OF FIRE AND SOME TOOLS

MAN OF PEKIN´S BRAIN WAS SLIGHTLY LARGER THEN JAVA´S ONE

500.000 YEARS OLD

NEANDERTHAL MANHE WAS FOUND IN NEANDER, GERMANY

HE WAS ABLE TO MADE STONE TOOLS BY CARVING THE STONE

THEY HAD POWERFULLY BUILT ARMS, LEGS AND TORSO; AND POWERFUL TEETH AND JAWS.

THEY USED THEIR TEETH AS TOOLS FOR HOLDING AND STRIPPING THINGS

CRO-MAGNON MANHE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN FRANCE

THAT THEY WERE TALLER THAN MODERN MEN, HAD A PHYSIQUE MORE ROBUST AND ALSO HAD A LARGER CRANIAL CAPACITY.

THEY HAD A HIGH BROW, WIDE FACE AND A NOSE WHICH WAS MORE PROMINENT LIKE THE FEATURES OF MODERN EUROPEANS.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND IN EUROPE, AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

50.000 YEARS OLD

NEANDERTHAL VS CRO-MAGNON

WHEN DOES HISTORY BEGIN?

PREHISTORY

• ARCHEOLOGISTS

• PALEONTOLOGISTS

• BONES• SETTLEMENTS

REMAINS• POTTERY

WRITING

• 4.000 BC• EGIPT

HISTORY

• HISTORIANS• DOCUMENTS• TABLETS

PREHISTORICAL AND HISTORICAL AGES

CONTEMPORARY AGE

MODERN AGE

MIDDLE AGE

ANCIENT AGE

METAL AGE

STONE AGE

PREHISTORY

HISTORY