ucsp Flashcards
a natural process of biological changes occurring in a population across successive generations
EVOLUTION
assumes to be the intermediate between man and ape. where is it discovered?
AUSTALOPITHECUS WAS DISCOVERED IN PLEISTOCENE CAVE DEPOSITED OF SOUTH AFRICA IN 1924 BY DART
Australopithecus has been divided into four species based on the thin teeth, jaw and brain size
- AFARENSIS
-AFRICANUS
-ROBSTUS
-BOISEI
the evolutionary of human characteristics that differentiate hominids distinct from their primate ancestors.
HOMINIZATION
the first hominid discovered by Richard Leakey and Meave Leaky on Kenya 1972
HOMO RUDOLFENSIS
species name means “handy man” because of ability to make and use tools
HOMO HABILIS
the species name means “upright man” with body proportions similar that of modern humans
HOMO ERECTUS
species nicknamed “hobbit” due to their small stature with a height of more or less 3 feet and lived 95,000 to 17,000 ya in the islands of Flores, Indonesia
HOMO FLORESIENSIS
first of early human species to live in colder climates, first to hunt large animals on routine basis using spears and first to construct human shelter
HOMO HEIDELBERGENSISs
this species name means “wise man” that appeared from 200,00 yo
HOMO SAPIENS
What Hominid is Lucy and where did she get her name?
Homo afarensis and Lucy in the Sky with DIamonds
The first to practice burial of their dead, hunting and gathering food and sewing clothes from animal skin
Homo Neanderthalensis
Knows as CRO- MAGNON characterized to be anatomically modern humans and lived in the last Ice Age of Europe
Homo Sapiens Sapiens
The long process of improving the humans everyday living through innovation and creating mechanisms with the intention of harmonizing
HUMANIZATION
OLD STONE PERIOD
PALEOLITHIC AGE
MIDDLE STONE PERIOD
MESOLITHIC AGE
NEW STONE PERIOD
NEOLITHIC AGE
Known for its advances in the field of metal working, using metals like bronze, copper and tin alloy. Metal weaponry started to emerge
Bronze Age
Discovery of iron. Transitioned into using iron for their crafts. Improvement in architecture can also be seen
Iron age
The earliest form of human society
Hunting and Gathering Society
Society where people learned to use human muscle power and hand-held tools to cultivate fields
Horticultural Society
Known to rely on herding and domestication of animals for food and clothing to satisfy the greater needs of the group
Pastoral Society
Use of the machinery to help them improve and make their farming more wide scale and easier
Agricultural Society
Characterized by more than just the use of mechanical means of production
INdustrial Society
Depends on specialized knowledge to bring about continuing progress in technology. It is when technology strarted to prosper leading us to the modern world
POST INDUSTRIAL
