DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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Paleolithic Art Paleolithic art‚ dating back to the late Paleolithic period 40‚000-10‚000 B.C. (the Stone Age)‚ is one of the most beautiful‚ natural periods of cave art and clay sculptures. Created by Nomadic hunters and gatherers with ivory‚ wood‚ and bone‚ these figures were thought to be symbolic and have some magical or ritual relevance. Figures and drawings have been found in all parts of the world dating back to the Cro-Magnon man as late as 60‚000 years ago. There are two different
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Speech title: The Taste of Cannibalism Specific purpose: To inform my audience about the historical reasoning behind cannibalism and the reasons why it might still occur present day. Central Ideal/Thesis statement: People do strange things as a result of their beliefs and they do even stranger things to stay alive in desperate situations. Introduction: One of the most horrific words in the English language is of course cannibalism. It ’s earned this recognition in large
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Attitudes Towards Animals in Neolithic and Assyrian Times Animals have been viewed differently by different cultures. This is evident when comparing the wall painting of a deer hunt from the Neolithic period (Gardner‚ 38) and the reliefs of Ashurbanipal hunting lions and the dying lions from the Assyrian dominated period of the ancient near east (Gardner‚ 56). The deer hunt scene‚ painted at Catal Huyuk c. 5750 BC‚ depicts several humans hunting two large deer and one small deer. The reliefs
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TECHNOLOGY AS THE REPLACEMENT OF HUMAN RECOUSES | | | M.Umar Touseef | | 11029373| 12/14/2011 | | “TECHNOLOGY AS A REPLACEMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES” There is almost no place that you can go where technology hasn’t been used. Technology affects our daily lives in everything that we do; it saves time‚ creates a world of endless learning‚ and makes traveling to halfway around the world effortless. Technology greatly reduces the time it takes to perform lives everyday tasks
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According to Evolutionary Psychology‚ although human beings today live in a modern world of advanced systems and technology yet they retain inside them or in their inner traits and habit the mentality coming from their Stone Age ancestors. Evolutionary psychologists point out that there is no significant change in the human brain over the past 100‚000 years‚ and therefore modern man maintains the mind of his Stone Age ancestors. As quoted “you can take the person out of the Stone Age but you can’t
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Advantage and Disadvantage of Technology Introduction Technology is the making‚ modification‚ usage‚ and knowledge of tools‚ machines‚ techniques‚ crafts‚ systems in order to solve a problem‚ improve a preexisting solution to a problem‚ achieve a goal or perform a specific function. Technology is‚ by definition‚ the practical application of knowledge. It is the systematic treatment of art and science. In the last century many people did things by hand but nowadays more and more tasks have
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In Donna Haraway’s essay‚ “A Cyborg Manifesto: Science‚ Technology‚ and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century” it is an effort to establish a political point of view on Feminism which an ironic political myth which is authentic to feminism‚ socialism‚ and materialism. Her motive is to build a structure that is faithful to feminism and socialism‚ “To build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism‚ socialism and materialism.”(p.149) Haraway develops her ironic myth by hypothesising
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There is no meaning or purpose of the prehistoric painting “Hall of the Bulls” (left wall)‚Lascaux‚ France ca. 15‚000-13‚000 BCE. Largest Bull 11”6” long. They are unknown but it is clear that painters were concerned mostly with representing the animals‚ and not with locating them in a specific place or on a common ground line. On the walls of Lascaux cave‚this painting shows the two basic approaches to drawing and painting. The difference in the styles suggest that different artists painted the
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Stella Aghakian Mrs. Thomas Art History 10 – 3 – 2013 Prehistoric Art 1. Prehistoric man faced many challenges. For example‚ they had no means of communication and yet they had to work together to find and kill their own food. When making art‚ prehistoric man had to make their own paint brushes and create their paint. This makes prehistoric art so impressive because their paintings very accurately capture the proportions and look of the animals they drew. Prehistoric paintings are found
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