Outline 2.1

Question 1

Humans have been hunters for what percent of their chronological existence?

Answer 1

80-90%

Question 2

Which societal category?
Dominant technological form consisted of simple and composite tools (digging stick, hunting weapons)
Limited early development of crafts: sickles, baskets
Controlled fire

Answer 2

Technological form

Question 3

Which societal category?

Answer 3

Energy regime

Question 4

Which societal category?
Typically hunter gatherer societies
Sexual division of labor
Lacked specialists
Self sufficient
Low life expectancy

Answer 4

Economy

Question 5

Which societal category?
Social small bands of 25-50 people 
Slow population growth
Kinship-based social system: extension of family unit
Nomadic lifestyle
Highly egalitarian society
Sexual relations

Answer 5

Social organization

Question 6

Which societal category?
Altered natural environments (slash and burn, extinction)
Very low population density
Low energy consumption and environmental impact

Answer 6

Relation with environment (nature and space)

Question 7

Which societal category?
Difficult to reconstruct due to passage of time and lack of written records
Rich ceremonial life
Cyclical view of time common
Little distinction between the material and spiritual worlds

Answer 7

Values of Paleolithic peoples

Question 8

Examples of tool-using societies (3)

Answer 8

Aboriginal groups (Australia)
Native Americans (n America)
Pygmées (central Africa)