Human Origins Flashcards
Transformation
To change
Define Advent
Prior/before
Sedentary
Still
Sequence
In order
What was the Paleolithic era also called?
The old Stone Age
What were people in he Paleolithic era?
Hunter-gatherers and nomads
What are nomads?
People who move around-
Where did all human race begin?
East Africa
How long ago did the human race begin?
100,000 to 400,000 years ago
Where did early humans migrate (in order)?
Africa->Eurasia->Australia-> and the Americas
The world was Pangea
How did early people get to America?
An ice age connected a land bridge
What does CE / BCE stand for?
Before common era and common era (not in that order)
Characteristics of Paleolithic Era?
- Nomadic
- invented first tools and weapons (made of stone)
- learned how to make fire
- lived in small groups (clans)
- developed an oral language
- created “cave art”
What does Paleolithic mean?
Means “old” and early Stone Age
What was the main factor needed to change or shift from Paleolithic to Neolithic?
Agriculture
What is domestication
The taming of animals
What are methods used for dating artifacts?
Carbon 14.
Geolayering
Crop yield
Paleolithic
- Nomadic
- invented first tools and weapons made of stone
- learned to make fire
- lived in small clans
- developed oral language
- created cave art
Neolithic era
- developed agriculture
- domesticated animals
- used advanced tools
- permanent settlements
- made pottery
- developed weaving skills
When did Homo sapiens emerge?
Emerged in Africa between 100,000 and 400,000 years ago
Where did Homo sapiens migrate? (In order)
Africa-> Eurasia-> Australia-> Americas
How did Homo sapiens get their food
Hunter gatherers
What is an archaeologist?
Studies past cultures by studying fossils and artifacts
Fossils
Hair bones etc
Artifacts
Tools clothes etc
Where is Stonehenge
England
Where is Aleppo
Syria -
Catal huyuk
Turkey Anatolia
What is ‘prehistory’
The time before writing
When did the agricultural revolution occur?
During the Neolithic era
What are the three types of hominids?
Homo habilis Homo erectus Homo sapiens - Neanderthal - cro magnon
What did Louis and Mary Leakey do?
In the mid-1970s Mary Leakey an archaeologist, led an expedition and Laetoli in Tanzania. In 1978 they found prehistoric footprints resemblance humans. They found footprints made by an “australopithecine”
How long did the Paleolithic age last?
It lasted from about 2.5 million BC to 8000 BC
The new Stone Age or the Neolithic age began approximately when?
8000 BC and ended approximately 3000 BC
