Prehistory And The Birth Of Civilizations Flashcards
Who is Don Johanson?
The man who discovered Lucy.
Ethnography
Study of surviving pre-literate socieites
Geology
The study of earth
Anthropology
Study of human biology, society, and cultural practices.
Paleontologist
Study of fossil remains of the earth’s earliest living creatures.
Sympathetic magic
A method by which one gains power over an object by manipulating it’s name or physical characteristics. Believed they could control nature and guarantee a successful hunt.
Paleolithic age
Hunting and gathering, early humans, women had more rights, beginning of culture
Neolithic age
Farming societies, women lost rights, specialization of labor, homo sapiens
What changes between the Paleolithic and neolithic ages?
Hunting and gathering to farming, women lost rights, new technology, specialization of labor.
Specialization of labor
People in a community are responsible for different jobs (not food oriented). This allowed for new technology and economic development.
Who is Lucy?
Most complete skeleton of the time, had locking knee joints.
Who is Mary Leakey?
The women who discovered Turkana boy.
Turkana boy
Significant because of brain size
What is the “out of Africa Theory?”
Modern humans developed only in Africa but then migrated to other places.
How did fire change culture?
Provided safety, a way to cook meat, light, and a social gathering area.
Why do we no longer think Paleolithic people were hunters and now think that they were the hunted?
Markings on bones show that larger animals existed at this time and possibly ate humans.
How were cave paintings created?
They used all natural materials and signed them with their hand prints.
What are the various divisions of anthropology? How do they differ?
Anthropologists vs. cultural anthropologists(ethnographers)
