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Prehistory - Before Writing
Learn about history before writing:
Archaeology - Study of artifacts and fossils
Dating: Fossil record to put things in order & Carbon dating
Anthropologists - Study of people, interpret data from Archaeology
Charles Darwin - 1859 “Origin of Species” First outlined his theory of evolution, first proposed the “Out of Africa” Thesis (We can support this theory with evidence of human/ape).
(hominids) 3-4 Million years - Southern ape or australopithecines
1.5 Million years ago - Homoerectus
250,000 years ago - Homosapien sapiens
50,000 years ago - Neanderthals only in Europe
Over a thousands of years they spread out, 5 miles a generation
Early humans - hunters and gathers - nomads (freemen
Paleolithic Era- Old stone age
9,000-8,000 B.C. - Neolithic Era
New stone Age
Neolithic Revolution/Agricultural Revolution happened between 9,000-8,000 B.C. It was the invention of systematic agriculture and the domestication of animals. Changed everything, started to own things.
My question: “How is it possible that all these major inventions and discoveries happened near the same time if each society had no communication with each other?”
B.C.E. - Before the Common Era
C.E. - Common Era