Mr gerkin studie guide early humans

Prehistory

first hominid discovered named l,ucy 4-5 million years old. they started to use tools, Homo Erectus, Homo Habilis, Homo Sapiens

Stone Age

 Paleolithic Era, 2.5 million-10,000 years ago, tools out of wood, stones, bones, created nets, clothing/animal skin. humans were hunter gatherers/nomads

How villages became cities?

technology improvements, farming=more food, different jobs

4 groups of early humans

Hominids, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Sapiens

Ice Age

1.6 million years ago, Bering straight joined north America and Asia - humans could migrate. Ocean levels dropped, Humans had to adapt

Animism

everything in nature has spirits, one of thee very first religions, impact the environment of humans 

Domestication

depened on humans anything that humans controlled was domesticated

Catal Huyuk

largest city at the time, 30 acres, one room houses modern day turkey. around 5,000-6,000 population

Otzi

discovered in 1991, 5,300 years old, thought to be murdered, preserved better in ice, he ate course grains still in his stomach, did not live where he died.

Job specialization

people were able to do different jobs sometime traded products from the jobs,

Cultural diffusion

people had different jobs some were more wealthier than other eventually more wars started they were very impacted by forces of nature