Prehistory 1

The time before written history.

Hardened remains or imprints of living things that no longer exist.

Methods for Dating Fossils

(Choose ALL that apply)

• Comparing similar layers of soil.

• Radioactive Carbon Dating

• DNA Analysis

• Fire

Breakdown of living things.

Human ancestors (lived millions of years ago)

People who study how human beings behave, act together, and where they came from.

People who study human life in the past by examining the things people left behind.

OLD stone age

How did fire help early humans?

(Choose ALL that apply.)

• Cook plants and animals

• See at night

• Stay warm in cold climates

• Protection from dangerous animals

• Make ice

Hunter-gathers lived in small groups or ______.