Module 3 - 5 Flashcards
- Man was created by God out of dust
- 6th day of creation
- Adam and Eve
Biblical theory (Genesis 2: 1-24)
- Man originated from bamboo
- Malakas at Maganda
Myths and Legends
- Charles Darwin
- Origin of the Species
- Environment factors certain organisms and those organisms can survive can pass on their traits (“survival of the fittest”)
Natural Selection
Some individuals are better adapted to their environment than others
Variation
Organisms produce progeny with different set of traits that can be inherited
Heritability
Organisms that have traits most suitable to their environment survives and pass it off to their off-springs
Differential reproductive process
What are the 2 environmental factors that initiated the evolution of man?
Continental drift, Climate change
Biological factors that initiated the evolution of man
- Development and enlargement of the human brain
- Development and enlargement of vocal tract
- Improvement of the gripping capacity
First to exhibit bipedalism, or walking on two feet
Australopithicus Sp.
Lived 3.9-3.0 million years ago, first discovered in 1974 by Carl
Johansson in Ethiopia, nicknamed “Lucy”
Australopithecus afarensis
Lived 3.3-2.1 million years ago, first discovered in 1924 by Raymond Dart in South Africa, nicknamed “Taung”
Australopithecus africanus
First known toolmaker
Homo Habilis
First discovered by Louis and Mary Leakey in 1960 in present-day Tanzania
Homo Habilis
First discovered in Java, Indonesia in 1891 by Eugene Dubois
Homo erectus
First known user and maker of fire
Homo erectus
First known hominid to travel outside Africa
Homo erectus
First discovered in 1856 in Neander Valley, Germany, by Johann Carl Fulhrott
Homo Neanderthalensis
First known creator of clothes and ornaments
Homo Neanderthalensis
First known practitioner of burials
Homo Neanderthalensis
The modern-day humans, first taxonomically described by Carolus Linnaeus
Homo sapiens
Claimed to be the “missing link” between apes and humans by Charles Dawson in 1912
Piltdown man
Modern chemical tests conducted in 1949 concluded that it was a fake hominid, composed of parts from a human and an ape combined together
Piltdown man
Races:
European region
Caucasoid
Races:
South Asian region
Australoid
Races:
Northeast Asian region
Mongoloid
Races:
African region
Negroid
Filipinos came from the three consecutive waves of
migration of races
The wave migration theory
Filipinos descended from Austronesians (product of
intermarriage between Australoids and Mongoloids), who first interacted within the present-day ASEAN region and spread throughout the region through maritime travel
The austronesian theory
Dated 709,000 years ago from Kalinga, Rizal
Rhinoceros and Stone tools
Discovered at Callao Cave, Cagayan in 2007 by a team of archaeologists from the University of the Philippines Diliman Archaeological Studies Program (ASP) led by Professor Arman Mijares and said to be 60,000-70,000 years old
Callao man
Discovered at Tabon Cave, Palawan in 1962 by Professor Robert Fox of the National Museum of the Philippines (NM) and the University of the Philippines (UP) and said to be 30,000 years old.
Tabon Man
Tools were small and handy for mobile lifestyle
Paleolithic period
Subsistence of paleolithic period
foraging
Social division in paleolithic period
communal lifestyle
Wider and bigger tools due to sedentary lifestyle
neolithic period
Personal property in neolithic period
houses
Subsistence of neolithic period
Agriculture
Social division in neolithic period
Elite vs working class
Where did metal age emerge?
Southwest asia
People discovered metals and metallurgy
Metal age
Development of writing systems, pyramids, and ziggurats
Metal age
Periods of socio-cultural development
- Foraging/Hunting and Gathering Stage
- Pastoral Stage and Horticultural Stage
- Agricultural Stage
- Industrial Stage
- Post-Industrial Stage
Nomadic living: People settle in a place for food and transfer to another once the resources are depleted
Foraging
People started to settle for good in a particular location
Pastoralism and Horticulture
Learned to domesticate animals and plant in their yards for personal consumption
Pastoralism and Horticulture
People learned to plant crops and tend livestock for business and trade
Agriculture
Start of social stratification due to rise of individual/private property
Agriculture
Rise of civilizations, ancient empires, manors and kingdoms
Agriculture