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Klabunde History 11
Early Humans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The age when simple tools were used. Humans acquired food by following animal migrations and understanding how and where vegetation grows (no agriculture yet.) | Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age) |
| At what rate did Homosapiens spread across the world? | two-three miles per generation |
| Homo sapiens: | Subspecies that all humans belong to; we today are homo sapiens |
| Homo erectus (upright human being) | first early humans to make fire |
| Civilization: "complex culture." What are the 6 characteristics? | cities, governments, religion, social structure, writing |
| What did early man use that marked a new level of *human control over the environment?* | metals |
| Polytheism: | Belief in many gods/godesses |
| Artifacts: | man made objects of early people, such as tools, pottery, paintings, and weapons. |
| homo-habilis | "handyman" or man of skill |
| Nomads... | ...move from place to place. They had to follow the food: Where it was growing, and animal migration. |
| Hominids | early human-like creatures that walk upright and have opposable thumbs |
| The archeologists who discovered: Proconsul (common ancestor of apes and humans)2 million yr old stone tools, 3.6 million yr old footprints (Laetoli footprints), homo habilis inTanzania, Africa | Mary and Louis B. Leakey |
| Anthropology | study of human life and culture |
| Paliolithic | Old Stone Age |
| What was the major change that marked the NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION? | Systematic Agriculture: Growing crops and taming animals (no longer hunting and gathering.) |
| Study of past societies through what they left behind | Archeology |
| What is Catal Huyuk known for? | Neolithic Farming Village. Food surplus meant that they could do things other than farming. |
| Neanderthals were... | ...the first to bury their dead, approximately 5'6" |
| Prehistory: | Before writing. |
| Culture: | a peoples unique way of life, as shown by its tools, customs, arts, and ideas |
| Technology | the ways in which people apply knowledge, tools and inventions to meet their needs |
| Neolithic age | New stone age; 8,000 BC-3,000 BC; Specialized tools; 1st government |
| Neolithic Revolution: | Shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture and domestication of animals changed lives and movement of people |
| Cro-magnon | early groups of Homo sapiens; may have competed with Neanderthals for land and food |
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