HIS 101 Creation Narratives

creation narratives

stories to explain our origins

what are the 2 types of creation narratives

scientific and religious

hominids

first creatures to walk on 2 legs that were able to use tools, reproduce, and survive

how did learning to use fire help hominids

they were able to use the extra energy from cooked food to use it for other things needed for survival

what happened when hominids first started to get smarter and pass down their knowledge

they started to leave the great lakes which lead to even more adaptation

do religious stories change over time

no

do scientific stories change over time

yes which new discoveries

what do gaps in scientific stories mean

there is more discoveries that can be made to fill those gaps

what is the basic story of how humans became humans

a creature began to walk on two legs allowing them to survive better, reproduce, and learn new skills so that they could eventually move to other places and continue to adapt after that

what 3 types of sources support creation stories

oral, written, and scientific

what stories do oral sources apply to

only religious narratives

what stories do written resources support

mostly only religious narratives

what are the different types of scientific sources

bones/human remains, stones, and DNA

what do bones tell us

how humans changed over time and where they lived/migrated

what do stones tell us

how humans manipulated/used their environment and the changing technology they used

what does DNA tell us

how humans evolved over time and physical evidence of those changes

symbolic thinking

ability to use sensory info from the outside world and turn into symbols that mean something

what gives us culture and humanity

symbolic thinking

why is language important

allows us to engage with our environment and applying/using that knowledge for other things

how did modern humans acquire language

genetic changes in the brain to help them survive longer

paleolithic era

when the first humans lived

what did humans start doing in the paleolithic era

using stone tools, moving around, became hunters and gatherers, and moving out of Africa

how did the ice age affect humans in the paleolithic era

there were less resources and animals so humans had to start moving to warmer areas

cultural adaptation

adapting to circumstances when moving to a new environment

what does cultural adaptation show us

the immediate consequences of the development of language

what did early humans use to culturally adapt

language

what is collective learning

human communication and info sharing that leads to cultural change

what was collective learning used for

join together to make plans, adapt to physical and natural environments, pass on knowledge, and remember knowledge and store it

what is the basic force that drives history

human conenction/contact

what is migration

a purposeful drift that is responding to short term needs/goals

what group are the only hominids that left Afro Eurasia

homo sapiens

were early humans and current humans thinking about that same things

yes

what are 2 misconceptions about how humans lived in the paleolithic era

they had strict gender roles and mostly ate meat

how did humans get their food in the paleolithic era

they foraged

what does being foragers tell us

they were nomadic (didn't settle down)

what limited how big the groups of people could be

how many resources were available

what is interpretive bias

researchers bringing their own biases into their research

what is preservation bias

we can only study what has lasted through time

who were mostly gathering in groups and therefore had important roles

women

what is a major difference between modern humans and paleolithic humans?

they had gender equality