are from a human perspective though‚ ones producing tall straight trees may not be suited to our climatic conditions and do not supply as many habitats for the epiphytes. Elm was once abundant in our forests and declined with the arrival of the Neolithic farmers 6‚000 years ago. Another source of the decline is Dutch elm disease‚ a fungal disease (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi) carried out by beetles (Scolytus scolytus) which bore holes in the bark and lay eggs. The grubs then eat the under bark of the tree
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World History Notes: Chapter One Intro In 1849‚ William Loftus founded the ruins of the city of Uruk‚ one of the first cities in the world. Loftus found this ancient city in a part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was one of the first places where civilization began. The First Humans The first civilizations began in Western Asia and Egypt. The way we determine how civilization came about is through science. Archaeologists find many signs of civilization in ancient ruins. No records were contained
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REPTON BARROW STRATIGRAPHY The Repton Long Barrow sits between the parish church and the River Esk in Repton‚ Bluffshire‚ U.K. Last summer‚ I examined evidence for previous disturbance(s) of the site and assessed the extent to which the original Neolithic burial mound remained intact. I excavated two different sites on the mound‚ one on the east end and another on the west end of the barrow. While excavating and cleaning each of the sections‚ I recovered artifacts and human bones. I was also able
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PALEOLITHIC‚ NEOLITHIC‚ AND ANCIENT ERA Other Names All Eras= Technological & Environmental Transformations Paleolithic= “Old” Stone Age Neolithic= “New” Stone Age Ancient= Bronze Age Time-Span c. 8000 BCE to 600 CE Top 5 List Agriculture: Slash-and-Burn Farming= ashes from the burnt down forest used to fertilize fields China’s Domestication of Rice= began when the Shang dynasty began to cultivate land and was able to farm rice Irrigation= helps move water from the river to a specific
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Stone circles are most often found in Europe‚ especially in Ireland and Great Britain. More than nine hundred circles still exist in the British. The earliest known stone circles were thought to have been erected during the Neolithic period. While the use of each of the individual structures isn’t always known‚ it has been determined that some megaliths were part of burial mounds or were used to burn the dead. Sometimes boulders were used in combination with the stones as were
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Reading & WHA 7 ARGUMENT FOR AND AGAINST THE GODDESS BELIEF By: Janine Stizzo Earliest written records regarding the worship of a mother goddess date to circa 4000 b.c.e. By 3000 b.c.e. “mother goddesses” appeared everywhere in the known world in statues‚ shrines‚ and written records. Later written evidence shows that these goddesses served a variety of purposes. Archaeologists over the past generations have uncovered thousands of stone‚ clay and metal goddesses or female figures. Hardly any
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For thousands of years’ humans have been coming together to live in what is called civilizations. For thousands of years‚ the creation of civilization has made people work together to improve living conditions and live better lives‚ but has also demonstrated that different society’s will fight each other to gain more power and show that their civilization is stronger than others. It is fair to say that humans have progressed civilizations going back to the first little civilizations of Mesopotamia
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CHAPTERS 1 and 2‚ HUMAN ORIGINS AND EARLY CIVILIZATIONS THE ORIGINS OF HUMANKIND Competing Theories of Evolution and creation: (Theories) OUT OF AFRICA THEORY MULTI -REGIONAL THEORY THE GENESIS MYTH The Theory of Evolution * *Classifies humans as primates * *Explains that a crucial development occurred when the ape family differentiated into tree-dwelling types and ground-dwelling types (hominids) *Development of the Genus “Homo” Hominids: not found in the order they lived
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References: S.E. Smith. (). What was the Neolithic Period?. Available: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-neolithic-period.htm. Last accessed: 30th Oct 2012. Charles A. Bucher. (1983). Historical foundations of physical education and sport. In: Nancy K. Roberson Foundations of physical education and sport. US: The C.V. Mosby Company
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inspecting bones and teeth‚ I realised that people have always been troubled by dental issues for thousands of years. In some places‚ such as Pakistan they did what they can as there is indication of dental drills which were discovered in Neolithic graves (Neolithic Age lasted from 12‚000 to 5‚000 years ago). The most primitive writing which was written on cuneiform tablets concerning toothaches was 5‚000 years ago in Mesopotamia. Then around 2250 before the Common Era‚ doctors started to treat toothaches
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