Review sheet # 1 From Prehistory to the Neolithic Revolution

prehistory

the period of time before written records

paleolithic era

prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools and covers roughly 95% of human technological prehistory

agricultural revolution/ neolithic revolution

was the wide-scale transition of many human cultures from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture ...

persistence hunting

running down pray

spiritual significant

put self in mindset of the animal

mitochondrial eve

the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers

olduvai gorge

site in Tanzania that holds the earliest evidence of the existence of human ancestors. Paleoanthropologists have found hundreds of fossilized bones and stone tools in the area dating back millions of years, leading them to conclude that humans evolved in Africa

olduvai handaxe

shaping tool for stones

what is the out of africa theory of human evolution and how does mitochondrial data reflect human migration?

this theory shows that everyone can trace their DNA back to their ancestors in africa. with the mitochondrial data, it shows that everyone can trace back to one common ancestor---- a women from africa

what features distinguish humans from other animals? how are human advantages also disadvantages and vice versa?

animals have stronger senses
some can fly
birth rates are faster and animals tend to have more at once


we are bore very under developed


humans can make weapons
technology

how do the earliest tools-- chopping tools and handaxes -- reflect the earliest development of proto-humans?

they made their own tools to provide for themselves. chopping tool helped cut the meat off the animal.

how does artwork produce approximately 11,000 years ago suggest changes to the human brain and culture?

societies were mainly based on religion

neolithic eras

was a period in the development of human technology

what changes caused the agricultural revolution and what impact did this have a human life worldwide?

this caused our ancestors to change their life styles from hunting and gathering to settling down and growing crops.