The Early Civilizations Most people think that caveman were dumb‚ but have you ever wondered what they did to bring us here? The time of the Nomads was in the Stone Age which was in the year 3500 B.C.. The Nomads were hunters and gatherers. They made their tools and weapons for hunting from stones and sticks‚ by attaching sharp rocks to the end of sticks to make a club or an ax. Some animals that they hunted were wolves and mammoths. The gatherers collected berries‚ nuts‚ and roots to eat. The
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Paleo Diet (a name which he has trademarked)‚ the paleo diet is based upon the idea of mimicking‚ as closely as possible‚ the diets of our “pre-agricultural‚ hunter-gatherer ancestors‚” specifically as they supposedly existed during the titular Paleolithic period. Cordain‚ a professor at Colorado State University‚ claims that adhering to this diet will “help to optimize your health‚ minimize your risk of chronic disease‚ and lose weight.” The Ideological underpinnings of the diet are based on the
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Cave art also known as parietal art‚ in the Upper Paleolithic from approximately 40‚000 – 10‚000 years BP is considered a glimpse into the imagination of modern humans. It can be used as a way to record the symbolic development of early humans giving us a hint to when the behaviour started and more importantly why it was created. This essay will demonstrate the different theories on why and how cave paintings could have been used‚ why it is more prevalent in some areas such as South Western France
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and the family hominidae‚ which includes people and our ancestors going back at least several million years. The Hominidae separated from the Pongidae family (chimpanzees‚ orangutans and gorillas) at some point in the distant past in the Miocene era (about 25 – 5 mya). In any case‚ a crucial
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The Reconstruction period has been one of the most challenging and controversial periods of the United States history‚ which led to substantial changes in social‚ economical‚ and political aspects of life of the US citizens. It has influenced every stratum of society‚ but African Americans were the group that was affected the most. There were many issues and concerns that African Americans were facing after the Civil War. Under slavery‚ most blacks lived separated from their relatives‚ so being
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Neolithic is of or relating to the cultural periods of the Stone Age beginning around 10‚000 B.C. in the Middle East and later elsewhere‚ characterized by the development of agriculture and the making of polished stone artifacts. The Neolithic Period is also called the New Stone Age. Many water pots and ceramic figures were found in the ruins of Neolithic society plots of earth. People of Neolithic times made many artifacts that were symbolic of their ways of life and culture such as water pots
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We do not know how the first people learn to communicate with language. Linguists‚ who are specialists in language‚ study the matter seriously‚ but still have too little knowledge of prehistoric people. But they have not kept others from speculating on the origin of language. Defenders of the “bow wow” theory claimed that our ancestors began speaking by imitating the sounds of animals. According to them‚ humans walked out of the primordial mist and began barking like dogs‚ howling like wolves
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Think About As You Read 1. How did the first people live? 2. What started the agricultural revolution? 3. Why did the Stone Age farmers live near rivers? New Words • Archaeologists • Earth • Tools • Stone Age • Agricultural Revolution • Tame THE FIRST PEOPLE The first people did not live the way we live today. They did not grow food or live in houses. They did not read or write. In this chapter we will learn how the first people lived. Archaeologists help us learn about people
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portrayed on the Venus of Willendorf are possibly previous incisions made by the medicine man as part of his treatment. Soffer‚ O.‚ Adovasio‚ J.M.‚ Hyland‚ D.C. 2000. “The “Venus” Figurines: Textiles‚ Basketry‚ Gender‚ and Status in the Upper Paleolithic” Current Anthropology‚ Vol.41‚ No.4‚ August/October‚ 1-53 This article was useful in describing the garment worn on the head of the statuette and its use. The garment provided
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enslaved African Americans a better life‚ it wasn’t successful for securing their rights. Reconstruction was a problem for White Southerners‚ because they did not like what Reconstruction was going to do for their country. During the Reconstruction Era there was many things being enforced and being changed in America. There was new additions to the Constitution such as the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendments. The Thirteenth Amendment states that slavery and involuntary servitude is illegal
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