Standard 7.5 - Explain common patterns that emerged in the shift from hunter-gatherer societies to permanent settlements in different regions of the world, including types and sizes of settlements.
7.5a - Analyze the influence of physical geography on the locations of the early agrarian societies, including the early river valleys settlements.
7.5b - Describe the settlement patterns, shift in gender roles, and job specialization associated with the development of agrarian societies.
7.5c - Describe the agricultural innovations that developed as a result of the Neolithic Revolution, including the domestication of plants and animals.
Match each physical feature and/or ability with the correct hominid species.
first toolmaker
use of opposable thumbs
first to be bipedal (walked on two feet)
"wise man"
used complex tools and language
buried their dead
created and controlled fire
showed early culture, ritual, and community care
only surviving hominid
"southern ape man"
first to migrate out of Africa
"upright man"
"handy man"
Australopithecus
Homo habilis
Homo erectus
Neanderthals
Homo sapiens