The Beginings Of Human Society (5 Million BCE to 4000 BCE) Flashcards
Most important part of human evolution
Development of the vocal chords (allowed for the development of language)
Societies
Organized groups of people with identifiable languages and social structures
First identifiable form of society
Hunter-Gatherer
Agricultural society
The next identifiable form of society following hunter gatherer, made social systems more complex
6 million BCE
Appearance of first human like species
1.8 million BCE
Homo erectus migration out of Africa
Great Rift Valley
Split through the Red Sea, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania with a long spacious valley where most fossils are found
Bipedalism
Walking upright (key distinguishing feature of humans)
“Ardi”
Most complete skeleton found in the Awash region of Ethiopia dating back 4.4 million years
What makes human language possible?
The larynx
Mesopotamian creation theory
The earth was made of one sea which was separated by powerful human like godS
Hebrew creation theory
7 day creation with god creating something new each day
Hindu creation theory
Universe came from nothing, heat from cosmos produced life similar to the Big Bang
Chinese creation theory
Pan Ku made sun moon and stars out of chaos, created the Dao
Dogan creation theory
World was an egg expanding