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Hunter-gatherer

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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.

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? ? ORIGINS OF AGRICULTURE 1. Define agriculture: 2. Define crop: 3a. What are the characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society? b. How many hunter-gatherers are there today? c. Where do they live? 4a. Define vegetative planting: b. What types of plants were first propagated in this way? c. What animals were associated with the societies that used vegetative planting? 5a. Define seed agriculture: b. What crops were first propagated in this way? c. What animals were associated with the societies that used seed agriculture? ? CLASSIFYING AGRICULTURAL REGIONS

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CIVILIZATION Paleolithic/Neolithic Periods Time Period P: Generally accepted to start around 2 Million years ago and ended at Neolithic?s start N: Began About 12,000 Yrs ago (10,000BCE), ended at the start of the river valley civilizations Geographic Description P: There were shifts in the Earth?s climate which at time included ice ages. Early people began to migrate in search of food (followed wild herds);nomads hunted and gathered food N: Ice sheets rescinded and in the more temperate zones, domestication of plants and animals occurred with the 1st area being the Middle East; farming spread along similar line of latitude Political: P:

World civilizations (the global experience) 6th edition chapter 1 outline

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Chapter 1: The Neolithic Revolution and the Birth of Civilization Human life in the era of hunters and gatherers homo sapiens- our species, had a more developed brain and free hands with opposable thumbs also in this time their children did not develop mature teeth until well after weaning By the end of the Paleolithic Age these advantages had made Homo sapiens a species capable of changing its environment Paleolithic culture (Stone Age) In late Paleolithic age Hunting and gathering Stone tools Increasing craftsmanship Increasing creativity The Spread of Human Culture (migration reasons) Because of fire an tools to provide life easier to migrate Hunting and gathering populations expanded

World Civilizations: The Global View Chapter 1

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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

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

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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

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