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HIST151. Chapter 1
The Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Competing Theories | Creation and Evolution |
| Creation | 1.God's absolute power 2.Bible 3.Other creation stories 4.Fath |
| Evolution | 1.Charles Darwn 2.Anthropology 3.Scientific theory. 4."survival of the Fittest" 5.Natural selection 6.Genetic variation Genetic muatations 7.Occurs over long time. |
| Apes and humans | 1.1% difference, 99% DNA is same. 2."Missing link" 3.Mutually exclusive |
| Paleolithic Period | 1.400,000-7,000bc 2."Old stone age" 3.Hunters and Gatherers. 4.Nomadic (move to place to place) |
| Major Developments of Early Humans | 1. Waking upright (hand) 2.Larger Pelvises 3.Larger craniums 4.Speech (dominant plant) |
| Fire | First time, we has something control in our environment 1. Warmth(ability to survive) 2.Predators 3.Tanning(skin flesh) 4.Tempering 5.Cooking (cook easy than raw meat to digest)(calories) |
| Paleoolithic Life | 1. Nomadic Tribes of Litmited size 2. Ealitarian 3.Art 4. Burial (Life and death begin religion) 5.Religion 6.Abstract Thought 7. Success leads to shift (Paleolithic - Neolithic) |
| The Neolithic Period | 1.7,000-3,000 BC 2.Neolithic Revolution (=Agricultural Rvolution, start the new style lif) 3.Nomadic vs Settled lifestyles 4.Reasons for shift (population explosion and slow shift over thousands of years) 5. Civilized (=Civilization) |
| Neolithic Irony for Women | 1. Pracical Divisions of Labor 2.Hunting 3.Gathering nuts and berries (preganacy) 4.Trial and error 5.Unlocking the secrets of agriculture 5.The reward |