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NOTES:
Introduction to Early Humanity and Civilization: Development of Human Civilization and the
Agricultural Revolution (WHI.2A)
The Structure of Time:
B.C./B.C.E. =
A.D./C.E. =
Prehistory:
B.C./B.C.E. counts ________.
A.D./C.E. counts _________ .
What is prehistory?
Who studies history?
What do historians do?
They study/learn via artifacts, ______________________________ .
Man only learns to write _____ years ago.
This begins ______________________ .
Examples of artifacts?
From
Human Development: How Did We Get Here?
Hominids
Homo habilius
Homo erectus
Neanderthal
Homo sapiens
Define hominid:
Means "_______
_______"
Lived ____________
years ago.
Means "________
_________"
Lived when?
How did they
walk?
From _____________
to _____________
years ago.
Able to use ______
and more ________
____________ tools.
Known as ______
Emerged where
and when?
Date back to 2.5
million and 1.5
million years ago
Where are they
found?
They lived in cold
climates. How did
they adapt?
What evidence of
religious beliefs?
From ___________
_________________
BOTTOM LINE:
Hominids are
the first
humanlike
creature to walk
upright on 2 feet
BOTTOM LINE:
Type of hominid
that was the FIRST
to make/use
stone tools
Emerges in East
Africa when?
Found where?
Made/used
basic tools for...
Austrolopithecus
Physically large
BOTTOM LINE:
Lived about 1.6
million years ago;
used fire and
advanced tools;
found outside of
Africa
BOTTOM LINE:
Lived 150,000 to
30,000 BC. First to
have burial rituals
and found in SE
Asia & Europe
Migrated from
Africa throughout
the world
Created cave art
Who were CroMagnons?
**People today =
homo sapien
sapiens
BOTTOM LINE:
Migratory; only
remaining
hominid on earth
Operation Survival: Hunter-Gatherer Societies
Hunter-gatherers survival depended on _____________________________________________________________ .
What did this dependency mean?
1.
(2 million BCE to 10,000 BCE)
Two Eras of Prehistory:
2.
(10,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE)
What should I know about the Paleolithic Era?

__________________________ people.
What should I know about the Neolithic Era?


Agricultural Revolution changes everything!
In the Neolithic Era, people start to ________.
Why are they nomadic?
Means people are not ______________
anymore. People can also stay in one

Invented the first ____________, including
simple weapons

Learned how to __________________________

Lived in clans of __________________ people

Developed oral language

Created ________________________

Began to travel where?


place and build __________________________
________________________________ .

Lived in larger ___________________________ ,
not clans like in the Paleolithic Era

Domesticated ________________ and
_________________ (dogs, goats, horses, etc.)

Used ___________________________________ .

Made ______________________________ .

Developed ____________ skills
Were the people of the Paleolithic Era
religious?
Some think Paleolithic peoples practiced
animism. What is animism?
What is a Civilization?
Digs or Sites
Archaeology:
Relative
Stratigraphy:
Dating:
vs.
Absolute