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Studied by 1 personEarly Humans and the Neolithic Revolution
- Neolithic Revolution happened over 10,000 years ago
- Marks the period in time where humans domesticated animals and farmers
- Homo Sapiens:
- appeared in East Africa (20,000 BC)
- Modern day humans
- Thin, flexible fingers
- More efficient tool makers
- Advanced brains
- Intelligent and creative
- Homo Erectus:
- First species to make and use fire
- First early hominid species to move out of Africa
- Theories that they evolved into other species in different places
- Neanderthals:
- Bipedal, used tools
- Had heavy bones, so moved slowly
- Human migration:
- Exact reason for why homo sapiens moved out of Africa is unknown
- Some migrated to Asia and new regions in Africa
- Ice Age
- All hominid species except for homo sapiens went extinct
- Lasted for about 100,000 years
- Hunter-Gatherers:
- Before discovery of agriculture, early humans hunted
- Developed tools for hunting, and got clothes from animals
- Hunting lead to a nomadic lifestyle.
- People followed the movements of animals
- Rise of agriculture:
- Domestication and farming started at the end of the ice age
- Farmers developed independently in different parts of the world
- Shift from nomadic to agrarian society
- Lead to a population increase
- Settling lead to larger families and larger communities
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