March to civilization

1. Characteristics of Homo Erectus

• first with human body proportions

• Bipedal (ability to walk and run long distances)

• Life lived on ground

• Elongated legs and shorter arms

2. Neanderthals

• Physically strong

• disappeared possibly due to competition with Homo sapiens.

• huge nose (for humidifying and warming cold air)

• Practices symbolic behaviour (burial)- social connection

• Created tools, wore clothing, lived in shelters, hunted

2. Homo sapiens

• our direct ancestors

• Gathered, hunted food and ability to respond to challenges of survival

• Large brains

• Smaller teeth, jaws less heavily developed

• Vertical forehead

• Faces show less of heavy brow ridges

• Traditions, culture, religion

what is the Great Leap Forward

• 35,000 years ago remarkable changes began to take place:

 

1. Development of modern anatomy

2. Innovative behaviour

• Tools with specific purposes (needles, axes)

• Weapons (spears, bows and arrows)

• Trade and aesthetic and appreciation (sculptures, paintings)

paleolithic age (Stone Age)

Early human societies formed, leadership structures developed.