Questions for SS 1-4

Lesson Review

1. Why is Olduvai Gorge so important in the study of human origins? It was important to them because they found many early things in there.

2. Use each of the following vocabulary words in a paragraph about the Leakey's work at Olduvai Gorge.

archaeology                                 fossil                           excavate                             theory

Louis was great archaeology.

Louis found his first fossil when he was 12 years old.

Louis had to excavate to find early stuff.

Louis and his family had many theories so they didn't count.

3.Why is it important to know about our human ancestors? It's important to us because we want to know their past so we can live a better life with their clues.

4. Why is Olduvai Gorge sometimes referred to as the "Cradle of Humankind?" It was named like that because some people found skeletons of their ancestors.

The Craddle of Humankind pg. summary 56-60

The Cradle of Humankind

Olduvai Gorge

          35 million years ago, the Earth split. In the northern part of Tanzania where the Great Rift Valley is, there is Olduvai Gorge. Now is a desert where few people live but it  used to be packet with houses, animals, humans, and more.

Archaeologist Louis and Mary Leakey.

            A 12 year old boy in East Africa, Louis Leakey found his 1st fossil , after that he decided to be an archaeologist. He digged and carefully looked for historical sites, fossil, pottery, building, and fossils, and his family would help him. In the 1930s the Leakey's decided to work in Olduvai Gorge but many scientists didn't agree with him. The Leakey's worked for more than 20 years, but they didn't find very important things. They mostly found tools, animal skeletons, and fossils. Then one day Louis was sick and wife saw a but section that caught her eye. She found hundreds of bones and made an early human ancestors.

Nutcracker Man

           Mary Leakey was nicknamed Nutcracker Man because she would crush nut and roots in the African savannas that met forest.

Testing Evidence

              The Leakey's couldn't determine the age of the fossils so they used the modern methods, some tests were to find out the chemical elements, in animals and plants, others were found in soil and rocks.

Older Than We Knew

             They discovered that Mary Leakey was 1.75 million to 2 million years old and that, that Nutcracker Man was 3 times older than the human ancestor. One of the Scientist called it the "Cradle of Humankind" and soon it might be called like that. 

Climb or Die Questions

1. I wouldn't because how do i know there is someone up there and because i don't know how to climb.
2. Like when i was little i used to play in the computer and now i know more about the computer.
3. They are surprised because they wouldn't expect 2 kids in a mountain without an adult.
4. Because they were related and to tell that with family is the best way to live.
5. I think that this tells me that Jake is a sensitive boy.
6. I think that what they learned from each other was that team work is the best way to survive.