1 II) HOMINIZATION 1) Look at the Map. A) What Does the Map

1) Look at the map. a) What does the map represent? b) When did the first modern humans emerge? c) Where did they emerge? d) When they reach i) East Asia? ii) Australia? iii) Europe? iv) North America?

1 2) Read these texts and match them with the correct pictures below.

1) 2 ) 3) By about 35,000 years Australopithecus was An ancestor of modern ago, most of Africa, one of the earliest humans known as Homo Asia, and Europe were human ancestors. The erectus appeared in occupied by modern small, apelike homi- East Africa about 1.6 forms of humans, the nid lived in East million years ago and Homo sapiens sapiens. Africa at least 2 eventually spread million years ago. across Asia and parts of Europe.

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3) Read the following text.

 The first ancestors of the human beings appeared about five million years ago. We call them Australopithecus. They were similar to chimpanzees.

 Two million years ago a new human species called Homo Habilis appeared. They made tools of stone and lived on hunting and gathering. Homo Habilis and Australopithecus lived in Africa.

 Homo erectus appeared a million and a half years ago. They were similar to Homo habilis but they made better tools. Their technological development was more advanced. This species discovered fire and learned how to use it. Home erectus remains were found in Africa, Europe and Asia.

 Homo antecessor is an extinct human species discovered in the Atapuerca site (Spain). They appeared about 800,000 years ago. Most probably they were the oldest Europeans. Homo antecessor was a common ancestor of Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens.

 About 100,000 years ago Homo sapiens appeared. This species had two subtypes: Homo Sapiens neanderthalensis or Neanderthal man and Homo sapiens sapiens.

 Neanderthal man looked like us but was more robust. This species became extinct.

 Homo sapiens sapiens is the species we belong to.

4) Match the words in column A with the correct sentences in column B.

A B a) Australopithecus 1) Appeared two million years ago. b) Homo Habilis 2) We belong to this species.

c) Homo erectus 3) Looked like us but were stronger. d) Homo antecessor 4) Perhaps the oldest Europeans.

e) Neanderthal man 5) They used fire.

f) Homo sapiens sapiens 6) They still looked like apes.

5) Look at the map below. What does it represent? Which continent is especially important for evolution of mankind?

5) Read the text and say whether the sentences below are true or false.

Africa is the cradle of human race. Anthropologists have unearthed the oldest human skeletons in East Africa in places such as Hadar, Olduvai, Laetoli. One of the best preserved human remnants is a female skeleton found at Hadar in Ethiopia. Anthropologists assembled about 40% of the young girl that was given the nickname "Lucy". Lucy was dated between 3.6 and 3 million years ago and belongs to the Australopethicus category.

1) The oldest human fossils were found in Africa. 2) “Lucy” is he name of a famous anthropologist.