Section 1.1-1.2 Flashcards
Archaeologist
A scientist who find and analyze the physical remains left by early people. ( like Indiana Jones) Example: art, artifacts, architecture, remains
Anthropologist
A scientist who studies all aspects of humanity…physical, cultural, and archeological ; how humans interact with each other.
Historians
Synthesize the information ( like into a book like ours)
Where do we come from?
3.6 Million years ago, the first hominid footprints in East Africa, near Tanzania,3.5 Million years ago, “ Lucy” in Ethiopia.
Prehistory
Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. ??? to 2500 BCE.
If you cannot read about these people, how do we know about them?
Artifacts
Artifact
Something made or given shape by humans such as a tool, or a work of art.
How is an artifact different from a fossil?
An artifact is something made by humans, a fossil comes from animals.
Where would you imagine that earlier people would migrate towards?
People would migrate towards animals, climate and vegetation.
The Paleolithic Age is also know as the ____________
Old Stone Age
When did the Paleolithic Age take place?
2.5 Million to 8,000 BCE.
What inventions were discovered?
Invention of: Tools, fire, and development of spoken language.
Religion
Animism or fertility. Goddess buried dead.
Nomadic
Move from place to place ( Bands 25-70)
The Paleolithic Age has _______/_________
Hunters/ Gatherers
Australopithecines
First Human to walk upright
Homo Habilis
First human to make stone tools
Homo erectus
Remarkably large brain
Neanderthal
First to have religion
Cro-Magnan
First modern humans- created art.
The Neolithic Age is also know as the ______________.
New Stone Age
The Neolithic Age was from ______ /______ BCE
8,000-2,500 BCE
What new things were discovered in the Neolithic Age?
Polish stone tools, make pottery, crowing crops/ raised animals, small settlement- increased population
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
People who knew how to farm in 8000 BCE