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What is the earliest part of history, when is it, and who is involved?
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Prewriting
4 million - 12,000 years ago From hominids to ice age |
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What are the two periods that make up prewriting and what do they mean in latin?
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Paleolithic and Neolithic age
Paleo = old Neo = new Lithic = stone |
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Describe the Paleolithic Age.
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Time when a group of similar creatures came into existence - hominids - and when the earliest tools were created (rock, hand knife, flint, and fire)
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Define hominid
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human-life creatures that walk upright
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What are the 4 hominds in order from oldest to youngest?
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Australopithecines, homo erectus, homo sapiens, homo sapiens sapiens
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Describe australopithecines
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"southern apes"
Came around 4 millions years ago First hominids to stand upright Important because they could see the plains easier Mostly scavengers - had tools, but just rocks basically |
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Describe homo erectus
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"upright/erect human being"
The second hominid to come into existence around 1.5 million years ago First to leave Africa and to use fire and develop more complex stone tools Could cook food |
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Describe homo sapiens
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"wise human being"
Came into existence around 250,000 years ago. Broken into two subcategories - Neanderthals and homo sapiens sapiens |
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Describe Neanderthals
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Part of homo sapiens
Lived from 100,000 - 30,000 BC Named by where they were found - Neander Valley in eastern Germany First to bury the dead (possible belief in afterlife) Had a variety of stone tools Remains found in Europe and Southwest Asia First to practice medicine Most of the world filled within this time period |
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Describe homo sapiens sapiens
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"doubly wise human" "Cro-Magnon man" (Us)
Last to be discovered Have existed for 200,000 years By 30,000 BC, had replaced Neanderthals and they died out Only moved 2-3 miles from their campout at first, but spread throughout the world in tens of thousands of years |
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What were some possible reasons the Neanderthals died out?
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Competition for food source with homo sapiens sapiens OR could've been because they were technologically inferior
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What was Paleolithic Life based on?
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"hunter gather" - lifestyle in which the primary food was game animals
Examples - Deer, Bison, Mammoth Also gathered nuts, fruits, and berries Diet enhanced by such |
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How did the Cro-Magnons survive?
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They survived by creating more complex tools.
Example - Clovis points which were spear heads used to hunt large animals. Also - the atlatl (spear thrower) |
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What were some of the materials used in the tools by the Paleolithic people?
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Obsidian, flint, jade, etc
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Why was fire/flint so important?
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Flint was used to make fire, so most of the weapons or tools were made out of it. The fire was very useful because of the Ice Ages (half the earth was covered in ice). Also, used to cook animals.
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