August 26

August ,Friday 26th

-World History Intro(Chapter 1) BC(Before Christ) AD(anno Domini)(“in the year of our lord”)

The Earth is about 4.6 billion years old.

-Where were the oldest human fossils found?

  • Africa- specifically Tanzania and Ethiopia

-Who found the oldest human fossils?-1930’s-1970’s

  • Louis and Mary Leakey, Donald Johanson, Recent scientists

-What are some of the biggest achievements in world history?

  • Wheels

  • Fire

  • Tools

  • Weapons

  • Sail Boat

  • Language

-Hominid-Anything that stands on two legs(feet)

Donald Johanson discovered a 3.2 million years old fossil of a female skeleton in Ethiopia named Lucy in 1974.



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