Chapter 1 Early Man

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Archeology

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The study of the structure of society.
the study of human activity in the past through:
recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data
includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts (also known as eco-facts) and cultural landscapes

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Anthropology is

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The scientific study of humans, past and present, that draws and builds upon knowledge from the social sciences and life sciences, as well as the humanities.

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What are fossils?

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Fossil refers to the physical evidence of former life from a period of time prior to recorded human history.
Fossils are the preserved remains of ancient life, such as bones, teeth, wood, and shells. Trace fossils represent the presence or behavior of ancient life, without …

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The three-age system of archaeology, which divides human technological prehistory into three periods:

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The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
The Iron Age

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What is systematic agriculture?

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planting crops, and domesticating animals for food, clothing and work.

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Domestication

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Changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.
Domestication of plants led to agriculture.

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What did agriculture lead to?

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fibers to make clothes,
making food, and
need to stay in one place.

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What are hominids?

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Any of a family of erect bipedal primate mammals that includes recent humans together with extinct ancestral and related forms
recent classifications include the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangutans.

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What are the classifications of early man?

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Homo-sapien neanderthalensis, and Homo-sapien Cro-Magnonensis, and Homo-sapien-sapien.

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What is a culture?

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the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time.

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What is civilization?

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A group of people who are able to use technology and knowledge to run a society.

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What are the characteristics of civilization?

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Geography, Government, Religion, Social Institutions, Writing, Art

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What are the three early ages?

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Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age

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What are the three major periods of the Stone Age?

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Paleolithic - the longest (c 2,000,000 – c 10,000 B.C.) (Old Stone Age)
Mesolithic - (10,000 – c 5,500 B.C.) (Middle Stone Age)
Neolithic (c 5,500 – c 2,500 B.C.) (New Stone Age)

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As notable advancements in stone toolmaking capabilities were recognized the Paleolithic was also subdivided into:

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• Lower Paleolithic (two million – 100,000 B.C.)
• Middle Paleolithic (100,000 – 30,000 B.C.)
• Upper Paleolithic (30,000 – 10,000 B.C.)
Mesolithic (c 10,000 – c 5,500 B.C.) (Middle Stone Age)

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When was the Metholithic Age?

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The period from the last ice age until the introduction of farming around 5,500 B.C.

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What was the end of the last ice age or Metholithic period also known as?

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The Pleistocene epoch.

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What is the Mesolithic period called in areas where glaciers did not exist?

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The Epipaleolithic Era.

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What period of the Stone Age does the very short Neolithic time period represent?

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The period from the onset of farming and ending when metal tools came into widespread use.