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Were there people on Earth 3.5 million years ago? Today, we looked at a picture of a rock which has been estimated at more than 3 million years old. The coolest thing of all was the footprints. Who made them? How did they last this long? What can we tell about the 'hominid' who made them?We discussed all of the clues left behind and used the rock as yet another example of how geography and history are related.
I also distributed the second vocab sheet of the year which pertains to chapter one, section two, of the text. The key terms are: hominid, domesticate, nomad, evidence, farming, and Stone Age. Students were given about twenty minutes of class time to work with their groups on both that and their first map. We will pick up there on Monday.
MAP QUIZ NUMBER ONE (CONTINENTS/OCEANS) WILL BE NEXT FRIDAY!!
3 comments:
I think it is some kind of creature because as you can see all of the footprints are right next to each other
In addition to providing data for analysis, the laser scans of the footprints also serve as a valuable record of the site in its current state. The Rift Valley of Kenya, the discovery site of many early hominid fossils and prints, is an area of seismic activity. The Rift Valley lies at a triple junction of continental plates, where three plates are pulling away from one another: the Arabian Plate, and the two parts of the African Plate (the Nubian and the Somalian) splitting along the East African Rift Zone. As a result, the area has many volcanoes and earthquakes. Earthquakes in the Rift valley can be seen on the CyArk Hazard map.
September 27, 2010 5:34 PM
ben nelson said...
i think it might be a afcrain 1 year old and a 19 year old
September 27, 2010 5:36 PM
@Ben - I can tell you did some research on the footprints. Where did you find your information?
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