HIST CH 2 Flashcards
How did first humans survive?
Hunting and gathering
Where did first humans emerge?
East Africa
Earliest evidence of stone tools date back how long?
2 to 2.5 million years
Dates for Paleolithic Era
2 million years ago to 10,000 BC
What set off the Paleolithic era?
use of stone tools
How did Paleolithic people get survive?
foraging
What kind of society were Paleolithic people?
egalitarian
Time period for Neolithic Era
10,000 BC to 4,000 BC
What is the Holocene Period and in when did it begin?
Drastic climate change global warming
Neolithic Era
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
Began domesticating plants and animals
-as a result villages form…>super villages >cities >1st complex societies emerge
Where did Agricultural Revolution begin?
Fertile Crescent (SW Asia)