When we think of history, we usually refer to the history of our family, going back several generations. Some might be referring to a moment in history going back hundreds of years. For example, one might think about their favorite historical event, such as the Civil War, the Spanish Inquisition, or the creation of the State of Israel. We rarely talk about the first humans, called Homo erectus. Scientists are the only ones who have devoted time to this interesting subject. The study of the first humans will teach us a lot about our distant history, our connections, our strengths and ourselves. About 2 million years ago, Homo erectus evolved. They originated in Africa and later spread throughout the world. Homo erectus was the world's first intelligent human. They were creative, skillful and many other characteristics. They wanted to survive. Having a place to live was one of their first needs, just like us. They would keep walking until they found a safe and nice place to live. We often take for granted our ability to communicate with each other, but early humans could not communicate with each other like we do today. Communication developed later, but when the men first started, they could barely understand each other. It was difficult for them to help and educate each other because they had no way of communicating. As they became more intelligent, they began to use the language of sighs. The language allowed them to help each other more. It gave them a way to communicate and help each other in life. This helped them hunt for food. They told each other where to go and what animals they were hunting. They gave names to animals and other things. They used hand signals to tell other men what animals were coming...... middle of paper ...... we remember it, but also our genealogy comes from millions of years ago years. We needed to dedicate ourselves more to learning about early humans because we can learn more about ourselves and how we developed. Learning more about early humans can help us better understand ourselves and recognize our ancestors who started our race of Homo sapiens, which means “wise men.” Work cited The first men. Amsterdam: Time-Life International (Netherlands), 1973. Print. Constable, George and Of Time-Life Books. The Neanderthals. London: TimeLife UK, 1973. “Human Evolution” print. The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2008. StudentResources in Context. Internet. January 20, 2014. “KNM-WT 15000.” Human evolution by the Smithsonian Institution's HumanOrigins program. Np, and Web. January 20. 2014.