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Human Evolution

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World History
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Foraging
Human Evolution
Hunter-gatherer
Stone Age
food
agriculture
Malnutrition

Work harder for unhealthy food or work easier for much more nutritional food? That?s a simple question, but it wasn?t at the time because the people back then didn?t know of the dangers. On page 16, farming was described as ?the worst mistake in the history of hem human race.? In addition to getting more free time and the same amount of foods as farmers, hunters-gatherers had more nutritional foods and didn?t suffer from malnutrition and other diseases, like the farmers. Farmers also had damaged bones from all the work and the average height of people in farming areas decreased in comparison with hunter-gathering areas. Even though there were so many disadvantages, people still gradually went into the farming lifestyle. Why? Because they did not have this knowledge.

Western Civilization The Peopling of Europe

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Human Evolution
Recent African origin of modern humans
Humans
Middle Stone Age
Hominina
Neanderthal
Denisovan
Homo
Archaic humans
Anatomically modern human
Hominidae
human

Week 2: The Peopling of Europe Out of Africa, Into Europe Beginning in Africa, 5.5 million years ago 5-7 million years ago, much of the world was covered in ice Sea levels in some places were higher Present deserts were swampy marshlands Megafauna roamed the earth Hominids began to evolve from chimpanzee cousins in the Rift Valley in eastern Africa Paleoanthropologists and scientists agree on this But reason that one chimpanzee differentiated itself (by standing up) from the rest is a big topic of debate in history and scientific communities Savannah Theory (ST) Hominid ancestors lived on African savannah near Rift Valley As climate heated, trees became scarcer and grasslands grew To find enough food, hominid decided to forage But there were many predators

World history chapter 1 outline

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Human Evolution
anthropology
Recent single origin hypothesis
Humans
Hominina
Domestication
human
Anatomically modern human
Primate
Homo
Neolithic
Technology

Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Introduction Creation myths?various themes Purpose of creation myths Nineteenth century?impact of science on Creation Myths African Genesis Interpreting the evidence Neanderthal?40,000 years ago?Europe Charles Darwin Australopithecus africanus (African southern ape) Human evolution How should humans be defined? Three major traits distinguish humans from other primates Why did biological changes take place? Migrations from Africa Homo erectus Homo sapiens Minor evolutionary changes History and Culture in the Ice Age Food gathering and stone technology Food gathering Tool making The hunters Gender divisions and social life Gender division Lived in small bands

World Civilizations: The Global View Chapter 1

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Cenozoic
Phanerozoic
Geologic time scale
Human Evolution
Pleistocene
anthropology
Sociocultural evolution
Paleolithic
Stone Age
Hunter-gatherer
Prehistory
Homo erectus
Environment

Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age (2.5 million-12,000 BCE) Typified by the use of crude stone tools and hunting and gathering for subsistence Nature of the human species gradually changed with a more erect posture and growing brain capacity Now termed Homo erectus and it is thought that the species originated in eastern Africa about 500,00 to 750,000 years ago Developed and spread in Africa, then to Asia and Europe Newest human breed, Homo sapiens sapiens, originated 240,000 years ago, also in Africa Men hunted only 7 hours a day, 3 days a week while women worked harder to gather fruits and vegetables, but there was significant gender equality Population growth was slow

The Earth and Its Peoples: A global history. Second editon. Chapter 1 outline.

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Cenozoic
Phanerozoic
Geologic time scale
anthropology
Hominina
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Human Evolution
Sociocultural evolution
human
Neolithic
Domestication
Homo
Environment

Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Introduction Creation myths?various themes Purpose of creation myths Nineteenth century?impact of science on Creation Myths African Genesis Interpreting the evidence Neanderthal?40,000 years ago?Europe Charles Darwin Australopithecus africanus (African southern ape) Human evolution How should humans be defined? Three major traits distinguish humans from other primates Why did biological changes take place? Migrations from Africa Homo erectus Homo sapiens Minor evolutionary changes History and Culture in the Ice Age Food gathering and stone technology Food gathering Tool making The hunters Gender divisions and social life Gender division Lived in small bands

Society and Culture

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Zoology
Megafauna
Biology
Human Evolution
anthropology
Hunter-gatherer
Stone Age
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human
Hunting
Band society
culture
Social Issues
religion

NOTES FEB 3, 2014 SOCIETY AND CULTURE Culture: The Beliefs of a Group The way of life shared by a group of people- the knowledge, values, beliefs, rules or laws, language, customs, symbols, and material products (such as food, housing, and transportation) within a society that help meet humans needs Society: The Structure of a Group An organized and interdependent group of individuals who live together in a Society and culture compared Society- people organized in groups ? and culture ? their way of life Evolution of Societies Humans, 2.5 million years old Farming is 10,000 years old Writing is 6,000 years old ( depending on how you define writing) The steam engine is 300 years old Evolution of Society >99% of human existence Hunter- Gatherer

Society and Culture

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NOTES FEB 3, 2014 SOCIETY AND CULTURE Culture: The Beliefs of a Group The way of life shared by a group of people- the knowledge, values, beliefs, rules or laws, language, customs, symbols, and material products (such as food, housing, and transportation) within a society that help meet humans needs Society: The Structure of a Group An organized and interdependent group of individuals who live together in a Society and culture compared Society- people organized in groups ? and culture ? their way of life Evolution of Societies Humans, 2.5 million years old Farming is 10,000 years old Writing is 6,000 years old ( depending on how you define writing) The steam engine is 300 years old Evolution of Society >99% of human existence Hunter- Gatherer

Is the Ability to Write the Defining Aspect of Civilization?

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Civilization
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Is the Ability to Write the Defining Aspect of Civilization? Toady five billion people can read and write. That is about eighty five percent of the world?s population. If it was not for the creation of writing by the early people we would still be living like them. Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and the Chinese people all invented some type of unique writing form. Writing is a defining part in many civilizations histories.

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