Web Explorations

In each section, the internet links will take you to Websites where you can find information and resources that will help you with the exploration questions.

1

Human Prehistory: An Exhibition

This site offers a discussion of the views of Charles Darwin and others on human evolution and a "walk" through the principle archeological record of early mankind.

http://users.hol.gr/~dilos/prehis/prerm5.htm

Questions for exploration:

How does this site illuminate the role of art in human prehistory?

How does this site add to your understanding of the construction of early urban centers?
2

Don Johanson and Lucy

Explores the discovery of the remains of Lucy, which offer insight into the biology of early humans.

http://www.mrdowling.com/602-lucy.html

Questions for exploration:

Who was Lucy? What do we know about early man because Don Johanson found her?

Could Early Human Species Have Co-existed?
3

The Stone Age

This site examines technological change in early human history.

http://www.bergen.org/technology/stone.html

Question for exploration:

What technological changes mark the passage of humans from the Paleolithic to the Mesolithic and on to the Neolithic Ages?
4

The United States: 16,000 Years Ago: an Exhibit by the Illinois State Museum

This exhibit investigates the prehistory of the American Midwest.

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/LP_extinction.html

Question for exploration:

How can it be said that human beings may have contributed to the extinction of the mammoth?
5

Flints and Stones

A guided tour of real life in pre-historical times.

http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/shaman.html (or menu.html)

Question for exploration:

How does your shaman guide describe the environment, home life and ceremonies of early mankind?
6

Chauvet Caves: Paleolithic Cave in the Ardeche Region of France

These sites, the former an introductory essay, illuminate one of the primary sources of early human art, the cave paintings at the Chauvet caves in France.

http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/label_france/ENGLISH/SCIENCES/CHAUVET/cha.html

and http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/gvpda-d.htm

Question for exploration:

Why are the finds at the Chauvet Caves significant?


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