01 - The Greatest Inventors of All Time Flashcards
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Where were they digging when they found the lower jaw bone?
Heidelburg Germany, deep underground.
What kind of a bone did they find?
A lower jaw of a human.
What were they doing when they found the bone?
It was found Digging.
What did the jaw look like?
Massive and strong with powerful teeth.
How old is it perdicted?
A long time ago.
What else was found in Neander valley?
A human skull.
Where was the human skull found?
It was found in Neander Valley Germany.
What did their skulls look like?
Instead of having a forehead, they had two thick ridges above the eyebrow.
What did not having a forehead insinuate?
That they weren’t good at thinking.
Why do we find it intersting that they didn’t have foreheads?
Because humans now, don’t look like that
Why don’t we know when they lived, what they were like, or how they lived?
They didn’t have a way to record this information. They only had memories.
What’s the diffrence between what humans look like back then to how they look now?
Back then they didn’t have foreheads. Now we have a bigger forehead.
What the specific name of the jaw that’s metioned in this passage?
It’s called the Heidelberg Jaw.
What materials have scientist found that change slowly but regularly over time?
They found that wood, plants, and volcanic rocks
The bones in Asia and Africa are estemated to be from?
ancestors from 150,000 years ago.
Where else were these bones found?
Asia and Africa
Who were the greatsest inventors of all time.
The cavemen
What were Cavemen not good at?
Thinking
What is before history called?
Prehistory or Prehistoric
Why is it called Prehistoric?
Because it was before history was recorded.
What did cavemen invent?
Pictures and talking
Why did they paint on the walls?
They believed that painting pictures of the animals on the walls would make those animals appear for food.
How long did the ice age last?
Ten of thousands of years
How did cavemen learn about warmth
The earth warmed up causing the ice to melt
