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What is history?
Why do we study history?
History – the study of the past, particularly in human affairs.
Reasons for studying history…1.2.3.4.
• How do historians know about the past??
•No written records exist from the prehistory of humankind.
• Prehistory – the period before writing was developed.
• Archaeology and Anthropology help us understand early humans.– Archaeology - the study of past societies through an
analysis of what people left behind.– Anthropology – the study of human life and culture.
• Archaeologists and Anthropologists examine artifacts and fossils to see how early humans lived.– Artifact – tools, pottery, buildings, paintings, and
weapons of early people.– Fossil – remains of humans.• One of their most important jobs is dating their finds.• Radiocarbon, Microscopic, Biological (DNA)
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