Chapter 1 Part 1 Early Man • Most of the 2 million plus years of mans existence has been associated with the Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age. • This period had both Homo erectus and Homo sapiens sapiens and lasted until 14‚000 years ago. HE disappeared about 40‚000 years ago. HSS are our direct descendants. Hunter/Gatherer and Late Paleolithic Developments • HG economies dominated human history until 9000 BCE and help propel migration over most of the lands of the earth. • Tool
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the wolf as such to initiate dog’s divergence from its ancestors‚ or whether dog’s evolutionary path had already taken a different course prior to domestication. For example‚ it is hypothesized that some wolves gathered around the campsites of paleolithic camps to scavenge refuse‚ and associated evolutionary pressure developed that favored those who were less frightened by‚ and keener in approaching‚
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Europe as the Middle Paleolithic or in Africa‚ as the Middle Stone Age (Ambrose 2001). Regional variation is great enough that cultural traditions become evident. Tools composed of two or more materials that require complicated preparation become common and suggest increasingly complex brains. The tool tradition associated with the Neanderthals in western Europe is called the Mousterian (Klein 1999). All are eventually replaced by the blade industries of the Upper Paleolithic which are associated
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It is believed that the Chauvet Caves were used as a sanctuary where the Paleolithic people initiated their youth in ceremonies. This theory is based on both symbolic and metaphysical associations with the animals portrayed in these ancient cave paintings. The Chauvet Cave features a coveted scene of a pride of lions hunting
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Agriculture was easier than hunting/gathering * Settlements * Domestication of animals * Variety of grown foods Analyze the gender roles during the Paleolithic & Neolithic Ages * Men were hunters * Women were gatherers * Women tended to children * Men were dominant Concepts Paleolithic vs. Neolithic Age Paleolithic: * No permanent settlement-always on the move for food (nomads) * Hunter-gatherers * Beginning of human beings-11‚000 B.C. * Sophisticated
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The paintings from the Rhino and Horse painting were left by people of the Paleolithic era and date back to 30‚000 BCE. The paintings found at Lascaux‚ Shaft of the Dead Man‚ are closer to the Neolithic era‚ or about 15‚000 BCE. Despite the Rhino and Horse drawings being approximately 15‚000 years older‚ they differ in technique
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final decision after a made theirs. taking two parts to make it complete or one could overrule the other. The Neolithic Era was the time right after the classic era‚ the paleolithic era. The Neolithic era was the stone age in which humans were starting to civilize and build housing close together‚ Not to be confused with the Paleolithic Era‚ more commonly known as the cavemen times.
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people turned to farming because it fed more people. Climate change in some areas also helped to push into extinction various species of large mammals on which some areas helped to push into extinction various species of large mammals on which Paleolithic people had depended‚ thus adding to the pressure to find new food sources (Strayer‚ 2013‚ p. 28). The Neolithic Revolution changed human health as well‚ and not necessarily for the better.
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we must look at the start of humanity itself. There is an early record marking the start of humankind‚ of humans living before the existence of cities and civilizations and even before the existence of writing. This period of time is called the Paleolithic era. Today‚ archeologists and anthropologists are reexamining the assumption that men were always dominant and are finding that it is more than likely that men and women were equal prior to the start of civilization. Mark Dyble‚ an anthropologist
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1. Identify economic and social features of human societies during the Paleolithic era. Paleolithic‚ Homo afarensis‚ Neandertal‚ Lascaux‚ Natufian Culture‚ Homo sapiens‚ Venus figurines. See: 10-15 in Traditions and Encounters 2. Explain the reasons behind the transition to agriculture during the Neolithic era. Neolithic. See: 15-20 in Traditions and Encounters 3. Discuss the early development of Sumer. Sumer‚ Standard of Ur‚ Ziggurat. See: 21-35 4. Outline the causes and effects
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