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The time surrounding 3000 B.C.E. marked an extremely important period in the history of humanity. During this era, the earth’s population began to move from the small farming villages characteristic of the Neolithic period towards forming full-fledged civilizations (Duiker, 9). These initial civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and early China developed in fertile river valleys with abundant arable land. Over the next 3000 years, both the area surrounding the Mediterranean and Chinese…

[Maya Marcy and Derek Ramirez] The Batammaliba are a Neolithic tribe located in Togo, Africa. They pride themselves on building circular clay homes that are still around today, and continue to be built by the community. There is no doubt that these homes are integral and important to the Batammaliba, as they are built with care and are constantly maintained. However, the way they cherish their home does raise some important questions; What does the home of the Batammaliba - the architecture and…

The complex evolution of humans has allowed for the development of a mammal so advanced that its population has grown beyond exponentially in a relatively short time scale. The complexity of humans is due in part to intelligence in the form of a large, well-developed brain. An organ of this size and importance is what is known as an expensive tissue, meaning the body requires a substantial amount of energy to produce it (Mink et al. 1981). To explain the relationship between energy and brain…

taboos against eating camels. When the pleistocene megafauna was destroyed, people started domestication animals like sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, and other domesticated animals. People starts raising these animals mainly for their meat. During the Neolithic times, it is easy to start domesticating animals because the villages are surrounded by forest…

Bipedalism was another important factor in the ability for humans to kill at a distance. According to Robert S. Corruccini and Henry H. McHenry in “Knuckle Walking Hominids Ancestors,” “Humans still retain features from a probable knuckle walking ancestor.” However, and some point in human history early humans began to walk upright as modern humans do. According to "Evolution of hominid bipedalism and prehensile capabilities" by Russell H. Tuttle, “The earliest hominids would be recognized as…

Confucianism and the Han Chinese of 1450: Confucian ideology and beliefs played a major role in who the Han Chinese were as a people, specifically in the area of education through the civic examinations. The impact of Confucianism was far reaching with effects displayed in art, literature, social rank, and education. To do this I am going to first provide an insight into the Han Chinese culture as a whole during the Ming Dynasty, including a view point from Europe at the time; then I will…

drinking on occasion, weekly or daily throughout this article it will discuss the impact alcohol can have. Furthermore, it will entail diagnosis and treatment for patients along with families suffering from alcohol abuse. Alcohol states back to the Neolithic age where it was deprived through fermentation and distillation of sugar and yeast…

Sheng around 100 BC (Donatelle, 2009). Acupuncture was done at various designated points on the human body. Essentially, acupuncture started a long time ago and had spread to Europe and other parts of the world. Surprisingly, it was done during the Neolithic era near Stone Age (Abbate, 2004). Over this time, they used sharp stones referred to as ‘plen’ and stone probes. Stones were also used for bloodletting. There was an ancient belief in China that diseases were caused by demons and evil…

The entirety of the human race have been heavily influenced, changed, and improved by trade since the beginning of time; this was made possible by trade routes that connected different groups and spread over the expanse of land and sea. Trade routes are the sole reason we are so connected to one another as a population- due to the fact that trade routes allow for the spread of different cultures, beliefs, technology, knowledge, and other odds and ends- all of which shaped and continue to shape…