How Does The Humans That Lived Before Us Work?

Imagine humans before us as a big group of friends who lived and worked together, just like you and your classmates do at school.

Bold idea: People in the past were just like us, they had families, jobs, and even played games!

Like A Big Team Project

Think about building a treehouse with your friends. You all have different tasks: one person brings the wood, another cuts it, and someone else nails it together. People back then worked together like that too. Some were farmers who grew food, others were tool-makers who made things like pots or axes.

They Passed Down Their Tricks

Just like how your parents teach you how to tie your shoes, the humans before us taught their kids how to build houses, hunt animals, and even draw pictures on rocks. These tricks became a kind of family recipe, passed down from one generation to the next.

So, people back then weren’t different from us, they were just like us, doing things we still do today!

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  1. A group of early humans hunts a deer using simple tools.
  2. Children learn to make fire from their parents.
  3. People live in caves and use animal skins for clothing.

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