01 - The Greatest Inventors of All Time Flashcards
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What did someone come across when they were digging deep underground in Heidelberg, Germany?
A human bone; lower jaw
Where did someone come across a human bone when they were digging deep underground?
Heidelberg, Germany
In what location and on another occasion was another human skull found?
Germany, Neander valley
What was different about the forehead of the human skull that was found in Neander valley, Germany compared to normal human skulls?
Instead of a forehead like ours, it just had two thick ridges above the eyebrows.
Based off of this article, what certain materials did scientists discover?
Wood, plants, and volcanic rocks, change slowly but regularly over a very long period of time
What did cavemen invent?
Talking
What were “probably” the earliest tools invented by someone?
Sticks and stones
Which are some of the things that cavemen invented.
Pictures, talking
How long did the Ice Age last?
Many tens of thousands of years
What are some types of animals that lived in the Ice Age?
Elephants, wooly mammoths with long tusks long bearded eagles
What did people find that made the process of making tools more convenient?
Metals
When did people discover metals?
4000 BCE
What is a mixture of tiny and copper called?
Bronze
What made up the Bronze Age?
Helmets, swords, axes, cauldrons, bracelets, and necklaces
According to the article what comes before “history”?
Prehistory
“The bones found in Asia and Africa were as old as the Heidelberg jaw. These were our ancestors who may have been using stones as tools more than ___________ years ago.”
A hundred and fifty thousand years ago
What was found in Asia and Africa and was as old as the Heidelberg jaw?
More human bones
What do we think prehistoric people must have suffer from?
From the cold because if they were to have came across a cave where they could shelter from the freezing winds, how happy they must have been
Why do we think the Stone Age began before the last Ice Age had ended?
Winters were longer and summers shorter. Snow lay deep throughout the year, not only on mountain tops, but down in the valleys as well, and glaciers, which were immense in those days, spread far out into the plaints.
Between the Stone Age and the Ice Age, which became first according to the article.
The Stone Age
In which location was the bottle found in Stone Age?
The Ice Age
Why did the chicken cross the road!
Shelter from the freezing winds, how happy they must have been
Where did someone come across a human bone when they were digging deep underground?
Germany
What were “probably” the earliest tools invented by someone?
Sticks to make fire
