Chapter 1BEFORE HISTORY
Lucy – 3.5 million years ago
Prehistoy Vs. History
• Prehistory: period before writing
• History: Era after the invention of writing enabled human communites to record and store information
Migrations of the hominids
Evolution of Homo Sapiens
• 1 HOMO HABILIS ~ NICKNAME: Handyman LIVED: 2.4 to 1.6 million years ago HABITAT: Tropical Africa DIET: Omnivorous – nuts, seeds, tubers, fruits, some meat
•2 HOMO SAPIEN ~ NICKNAME: Human LIVED: 200,000 years ago to present HABITAT: All DIET: Omnivorous - meat, vegetables, tubers, nuts, pizza, sushi
• 4 HOMO ERECTUS ~ NICKNAME: Erectus LIVED: 1.8 million years to 100,000 years ago HABITAT: Tropical to temperate - Africa, Asia, Europe DIET: Omnivorous - meat, tubers, fruits, nuts
Paleolithic Age
• 12,000 years ago
• “Old Stone Age”
• Hunting and gathering
• Women received equality in society
Neolithic Era
• “New Stone Age”
• 12,000 – 6,000 years ago.
• Domestic Animals
• Early stages of agricultural society.
Population Explosion
Results of the population explosion
• Emergence of towns
• Civilization Evolved
• Specialization of labor• Pottery
• Metalworking
• Textiles
• Social structure
• Religion
First Civilizations