Primates To Pyramids Flashcards
Palaeolithic
Date?
Economy?
Technology?
Date- 3.3mya
Economy- Hunter Gatherer
Technology- Stone
Mesolithic
Date?
Economy?
Technology?
Date- 11.5kya
Economy- Hunter, gatherer, fish
Technology- Stone
Neolithic
Date?
Economy?
Technology?
Date- 6kya
Economy- Agriculture
Technology- Stone
Bronze Age
Date?
Economy?
Technology?
Date- 4.5kya
Economy- Agriculture
Technology- stone, metal
Iron Age
Date?
Economy?
Technology?
Date- 2.8kya
Economy- Agriculture
Technology- metal
Progressive Typologies
artefacts go from simple - complex
3 Age system
Stone> bronze > Iron
Evolution
Charles Darwin
Evolution= change in species
4 concepts- variability
Inheritance
Few resources
Competition
Australopithecina-
- salelanthropus
- orrorin
- Ardipithecus
- keyanthropus
- Paranthropus
Hominina
Homo habilis H. Erectus H. Rudolfensis H. Ergaster H. Heidelbergensis H. Neanderthalensis H. Sapiens
Australopithecines:
A. Anamensis A. Afarensis A. Deyiemeda A. Africanus A. Garhi A. Sediba
Lucy
Australopithecus Afarensis
3.2mya
Small brain
Ape like vocals
30-80kg, 1m-1.7m
Arboreal and bipedal
Bipedalism
Reshape:
- inner ear bones - spine - pelvis - leg - foot
Nariokotome Boy:
Homo erectus Kenya- lake Turkana 1.5 mya 8-12 yrs 1.6m
Large brain
Muscular
Reduced dimorphism
Early antiquarians- voyage of discovery:
Europe, gather ideas of what life used to be like
