Year 5

How do we know about Prehistoric Britain?

In this lesson, we will be going back in time millions of years to learn all about the earliest humans! As well as exploring the different species of human and how they migrated out of Africa, we will learn all about the clues that help us know more about the distant past.

Year 5

How do we know about Prehistoric Britain?

In this lesson, we will be going back in time millions of years to learn all about the earliest humans! As well as exploring the different species of human and how they migrated out of Africa, we will learn all about the clues that help us know more about the distant past.

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Key learning points

  1. The age of the Earth and when life began.
  2. How scientists, paleontologists, archaeologists and historians learn about this period.
  3. How people left Africa and migrated across the world, eventually into the UK.

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7 Questions

Q1.
When did Homo sapiens first evolve?
Around 2.5 million years ago
Correct answer: Around 300,000 years ago
Around 60,000 years ago
Around 65 million years ago
Q2.
During the prehistoric period, early humans wrote lots of things down. This evidence helps us to learn about prehistory.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Scientists believe that humans first evolved in:
Correct answer: Africa
Asia
Australia
Europe
Q4.
Which of these early humans do scientists believe was the first to make and use stone tools?
Homo erectus
Correct answer: Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo sapiens
Neanderthals
Q5.
What does a geneticist do?
Finds and studies fossils of plants and animals.
Finds and studies items made by people from the past.
Correct answer: Studies the DNA of people and animals.
Q6.
What does a archaeologist do?
Finds and studies fossils of plants and animals.
Correct answer: Finds and studies items made by people from the past.
Studies the DNA of people and animals.
Q7.
What does a palaeontologist do?
Correct answer: Finds and studies fossils of plants and animals.
Finds and studies items made by people from the past.
Studies the DNA of people and animals.