what did early man look like
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For millions of years all humans, early and modern alike, had to find their own food. They spent a large part of each day gathering plants and hunting or scavenging animals. Then, within just the past 12,000 years, our species, Homo sapiens, made the transition to producing food and changing our surroundings. We have been so successful that we have inadvertently created a turning point in the history of life on Earth.
200,000 Years Ago
Modern Humans Evolve in Africa
During a time of dramatic climate change, modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved in Africa. Like early humans, modern humans gathered and hunted food. They evolved behaviors that helped them respond to the challenges of survival.
The first modern humans shared the planet with at least three species of early humans. Over time, as modern humans spread around the world, the other three species became extinct. We became the sole survivors in thehuman family tree.

By 164,000 years ago
Modern humans collect and cook shellfish
By 130,000 years ago
Modern humans exchange resources over long distances
By 90,000 years ago
Modern humans make special tools for fishing
Between 80,000 and 60,000 years ago
Modern humans spread to Asia
By 77,000 years ago

Modern humans record information on objects
About 74,000 years ago
Near-extinction!
Modern humans almost become extinct; as a result of extreme climate changes, the population may have been reduced to about 10,000 adults of reproductive age.
By 70,000 years ago
Extinction!
Homo erectus becomes extinct
By 60,000–40,000 years ago
Modern humans create permanent drawings

By 50,000 years ago
Modern humans reach Australia
By 40,000 years ago
Modern humans reach Europe
By 28,000 years ago
Extinction!
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) become extinct
By 17,000 years ago
Extinction!
Homo floresiensis becomes extinct, leavingmodern humans (Homo sapiens) as the sole survivor in the once diverse human family tree
By 15,000 years ago
Modern humans reach the Americas

12,000 Years Ago
The Turning Point
Eventually, humans found they could control the growth and breeding of certain plants and animals. This discovery led to farming and herding animals, activities that transformed Earth’s natural landscapes—first locally, then globally.
As humans invested more time in producing food, they settled down. Villages became towns, and towns became cities. With more food available, the human population began to increase dramatically.
11,200 years ago
Figs cultivated in Lower Jordan Valley, Middle East
11,000 years ago
Jericho, West Bank, begins to grow into a city

10,000 years ago
Cows domesticated in Africa and Middle East
Squash cultivated in Central America
9,500 years ago
Wheat cultivated in Middle East
Çatalhöyük, Turkey, begins to grow into a city
9,000 years ago
Sheep domesticated in Middle East
Rice cultivated in China
Corn cultivated in North America
8,000 years ago
Chickens domesticated in Southeast Asia
7,000 years ago
Potatoes cultivated in South America
Bananas cultivated in Southeast Asia
5,600 years ago
Horses domesticated in Eurasia
4,400 years ago
Caral, Peru, begins to grow into a city
3,600 years ago
Cacao (chocolate) cultivated in Central America

3,400 years ago
Athens, Greece, begins to grow into a city
3,100 years ago
Xi’an, China, begins to grow into a city
2,760 years ago
Rome, Italy, begins to grow into a city
2,000 years ago
Tea cultivated in China
165-180
Smallpox kills millions of citizens in ancient Rome
500
Coffee cultivated in Africa
540-542
Bubonic plague kills up to 10,000 people a day in Europe, North Africa, and the Near East
1345-1400
Bubonic plague (“The Plague”) kills at least a third of Europe’s population
1918-1919
Influenza kills up to 40 million people worldwide, about 5% of the entire human population.
early man looks like
1 there tooth were small and sharp .
2 there nails were big and sharp .
3 brain size was in the size of a grape fruit .
4 there toes were not perfect curved .
5 climb trees like money .
6 they were strong and tall .
7 they ran very fast .