Thursday, January 22, 2015

1/22/15

In class today we took notes on "prehistory to civilization".
Here are some of the notes.


From prehistory to civilization
  • the origins and "ages" of human beings
  • 200,000 years ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa
  • 14,000 years ago a world wide human race existed
  • earliest prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age
  • Neolithic age was marked by advanced tool making and the beginnings of agriculture
  • initially humans were parts of migratory groups which hunted animals for food.
The agriculture revolution

  • also known as the Neolithic revolution, this was a shift from itinerant hunting/ gathering to more permanent settlements centered on agriculture.

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