Archaeology+and+Early+Humans


 * Archaeology **

Archaeology: Today’s Headlines What is the latest news in the field of archaeology? Archaeology Archaeology news items. Also, archaeology information by region (e.g. Africa) and topic (e.g. tools). Good site SweetSearch Biographies Find out about famous archaeologists on this website. ScoopIt! Prehistoric Archaeology and Human Evolution

Early Transitional Humans Explanation of the discovery of early human species in Eastern Africa. Homo erectus History and discovery of Homo erectus. Interesting site. Early Human Culture Explanation of tool making. Science Daily: News Articles about Early Man <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">News articles and links to topics about early man. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Family Tree of Early Man <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Information about all species and subspecies of early man. The reading level is for advanced students. Adults will have to help students with understanding the information. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Ancient][|Civilizations] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early civilizations of Mesopotamia
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Humans **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Cave of Chauvet – Pont-d’-Arc <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Explore the ancient cave art of one of the world’s best preserved ancient man sites. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Modern Human Culture <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Information about the tools and art of early man. The reading level is for advanced students. Adults will have to help students with understanding the information. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The First Human Creations <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The caves at Lascaux in France were discovered accidentally in 1940. The paintings in those caves are regarded as the most outstanding of all known prehistoric art. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Man Recorded History on the Walls <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Newspaper article from the Christian Science Monitor about cave art in France. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">CNN: Cave Art from 30,000 Years Ago? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The first modern humans in Europe were not just hunters and gatherers; some were quite skilled artists as well.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Art **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ice Ages <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Informational site about the what, where, when and why of ice ages. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ice Mummies <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Earth Has Been In an Ice House Climate for the Last 30 Million Years <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Map of the world showing the last ice age. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Enchanted Learning: Ice Age Mammals <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Excellent site on the last ice age and ice age mammals. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Discover: The Last Ice Age <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Information about the last ice age and the mammals during that time. Concentrated in Canada. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Why Were There Four Long, Generally Cool Periods During Which Continent-Sized Glaciers Advanced And Retreated? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Scientific explanation of the four ice ages. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Stone Age People <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Could you have survived an ice age? Interesting site about culture, tools, food hunting and camp sites of the Stone Age people. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">America's Stone Age Explorers <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Who were the first Americans and where did they come from? <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools from the Stone Age <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tools and decorative objects of the Stone Age. Also includes information about clothing, musical instruments and art.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Ice Age **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Stone Age **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Australopithecus robustus: A Contemporary of Early Human Species
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Timeline of Early Humans **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Finding Lucy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Story of the discovery of Lucy. Text and video. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Finding Lucy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Interview with Donald Johanson about the finding of Lucy. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Finding Lucy <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Explanation of Johanson’s finding of Lucy’s partial skeleton. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Lucy’s Baby Discovery <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The 3.3-million-year-old fossilized remains of a human-like child have been unearthed in Ethiopia's Dikika region. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Scavenging of Peking Man <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Visiting the Site of Peking Man
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Discovery of Lucy and “Lucy’s Baby” **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">China - Peking Man **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mary Leaky - Archaeologist and Anthropologist <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The Leaky Foundation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Olduvai Gorge <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Laetoli Footprints
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Otzi the Iceman <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Tollund Man <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The perfect corpse
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Modern Human Culture <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Information about the tools and art of Early Man. The reading level is for advanced students. Adults will have to help students with understanding the information.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Human Tools **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Clothing <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">This Encarta Encyclopedia article explains what scientists believe early humans used as clothing.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Human Fashion (Clothing and Accessories) **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fossil Collecting in Scotland <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The reading level is for advanced students. Adults will have to help students with understanding the information. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fossil Excavation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">In the field, fossils are generally excavated out of the rock just enough for the paleontologist to map it in his/her field notebook, along with information on when and where it was collected. Much of the rock is left on the fossil to help protect it during transport from the field to the lab.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Early Human Excavating Sites **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fossil Preparation and Conservation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">The reading level is for advanced students. Adults will have to help students with understanding the information.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Conservation of Artifacts **