The People of the World - Prehistory - 2500 B.C Flashcards
Early Human’s Interaction with Environment
Early Humans adapted to each environment they encountered and use Natural Resources
Early Human’s Science and Technology
Came up with inventions to survive, and they developed new technology as they began to live in settlements to control the environment.
Early Human’s Economics
Hunted animals and gathered wild pant foods for 3 to 4 million years.
10,000 years ago - learned to tame animals and plant crops
First hominids appear in Africa
4,000,000 B.C.
Paleolithic Age begins
2,500,000 B.C.
Homo erectus appears
1,600,000 B.C.
Neanderthals appear
200,000 B.C.
Cro-Magnons emerge
40,000 B.C.
Neolithic Age begins and 1st Agriculture takes place
8000 B.C.
Bronze Age well-established in Mesopotamia
3000 B.C.
City of Ur, flourishes in Sumer
2600 B.C.
Human-made tools about 5,000 year old. Belonged to the ICE MAN discovered in 1991
- birch-bark container
- remnants of a backpack
- axe
- dagger and sheath
Is there written records of prehistoric people?
No, writing is not invented (5,000 years ago) but scientists have a way through research methods, SCIENTIFIC CLUES.
Archeologist
- like detectives, learn and uncover story of the prehistoric people by EXCAVATING and STUDYING THE TRACES OF EARLY SETTLEMENTS
- They sift through the dirt in a small plot of land
- analyze all existing evidence, such as bones and artifacts.
Provides the richest sources of clues to prehistoric life
Excavated Site or Archeological Dig
reveal what the people looked like, how tall they were, the types of food they ate,
diseases they may have had, and how long they lived
Bones
human-made
objects, such as tools and jewelry. These items might hint at how people dressed,
what work they did, or how they worshiped.
Artifacts
scientists that study culture or a people’s unique way of
life
examine the artifacts at archaeological digs
they re-create a picture of early people’s cultural behavior
Anthropologists
scientists who study fossils—evidence of early life preserved in rocks
Paleontologists
What do HUMAN FOSSILS consist of?
small fragments of teeth, skulls, or other bones
What are the people called that began to
develop shared ways of doing things: common ways of dressing, similar
hunting practices, favorite animals to eat
Bands of humans that lived near one another
way of life of a group of people
shared traits were the first
beginnings of what anthropologists and historians
includes common
practices of a society, its shared understandings, and its social organization
Culture
Components of Culture: Common Practices
- what people eat
- clothing and adornment
- sports
- tools and technology
-social customs - work
Components of Culture: Shared Understandings
- language
- symbols
- religious beliefs
- values
- the arts
- political beliefs
