Chapter 1 Notes

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Archeology: dig up the artifacts

Anthropology: analyze the artifacts

Hominids: first humans

- 5 million years ago

- East Africa

- Climbed down from the trees

- opposable thumbs

- starting to walk more upright

Homo Sapiens:

- 4,000 years ago

- larger brains

- opposable thumbs

- Neanderthal: most common one, which we developed from!

Paleolithic Age:

-2 million-12000 BCE

- hunters and gatherers

- nomadic: moved with the animals

- controlled fire

- buried relatives: religious beliefs beginning

- cave paintings

- tribes: 30-50 people in each for better survival

Neolithic Age:

- 10,000-8,000 BCE

- accidental farming

- domesticated animals: dogs, horses and oxen

- more advanced homes (settled down and were no longer nomadic)

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