When one thinks about the world 250,000 years ago, what comes to mind? For me, I would just think of dinosaurs, but in reality 250,000 homo sapiens emerged in eastern and southern Africa. While here, the Human Revolution took place, this was when culture became more important than biology in shaping human behavior. Also while in Africa humans made amazing technological advances including stones and bones. People were no longer just scavenging for food but rather began fishing and hunting in a more organized manner, for example people made settlements around the movement of game and fish. We can also see at this time, one of the first patterns of exchange. Early life is so interesting to learn and read about. To sit here and imagine life how it was and life how it is now is utterly perplexing. We have come so far as a human race, I cant wait to see where the future takes us!
Friday, September 9, 2011
Chapter 1
Its amazing how life has evolved throughout the years. The world that we live in today is so different than what the world millions of years ago was like. Today, society is so technologically advanced that I probably would not be able to survive in a hunting and gathering society. I think that people were very strong back then, both women and men. The men had the difficult task of hunting while the women poured a lot of their energy in gathering. Its just amazing to see how the world has evolved from sticks and stones to computers and airplanes.
When one thinks about the world 250,000 years ago, what comes to mind? For me, I would just think of dinosaurs, but in reality 250,000 homo sapiens emerged in eastern and southern Africa. While here, the Human Revolution took place, this was when culture became more important than biology in shaping human behavior. Also while in Africa humans made amazing technological advances including stones and bones. People were no longer just scavenging for food but rather began fishing and hunting in a more organized manner, for example people made settlements around the movement of game and fish. We can also see at this time, one of the first patterns of exchange. Early life is so interesting to learn and read about. To sit here and imagine life how it was and life how it is now is utterly perplexing. We have come so far as a human race, I cant wait to see where the future takes us!
When one thinks about the world 250,000 years ago, what comes to mind? For me, I would just think of dinosaurs, but in reality 250,000 homo sapiens emerged in eastern and southern Africa. While here, the Human Revolution took place, this was when culture became more important than biology in shaping human behavior. Also while in Africa humans made amazing technological advances including stones and bones. People were no longer just scavenging for food but rather began fishing and hunting in a more organized manner, for example people made settlements around the movement of game and fish. We can also see at this time, one of the first patterns of exchange. Early life is so interesting to learn and read about. To sit here and imagine life how it was and life how it is now is utterly perplexing. We have come so far as a human race, I cant wait to see where the future takes us!
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