Chapter 1 BEFORE HISTORY. Lucy – 3.5 million years ago

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