Early Human Societies

2025-08-21

Early Human Society

thinking or skillful man
originated in africa
migrated 100,000 years ago to the middle east, europe, asia
20,000-30,000 years ago, migrated to the americas
throughout history, multiple hominid species a[[ear to have coexisted in close proximity with one another
that has changed with the appearance of homo sapiens a bit more here

dates roughly from the first use of tools(around 2 million years ago) to about 10,000 BCE
hand axes were the only tools hominids made for nearly 2 million years
people lived in small bands, probably consisting of extended families
all humans were hunter-gatherers
humans may have lived in semi-permanent shelters for extended periods od time if game or plants were plentiful
humans eventuall attempted to master the environment
- clothing
- fire
- tools

around 80-70,000 years ago
some believe it to be tied to the development of speech
speech is accompanied by abstract though
abstract thought brings a sense of aesthetics, wonder, and speculation
cave paintings date from 20-30,000 years ago
animism
- belief that all objects in nature have spirits
- mountains, streams, forests, animals, etc.
statues of pregnant women (called "Venus" figures) became common in europe around 30-25,000 years ago
fertility was(and is) a vital part of life
believed to be a way of ensuring fertility

from about 30,000 to 10,000 years ago refered to as the Mesolithic era
fishhooks, needles, and other sophisticated tools
the first human-made shelters
- frames out of mammoth tusks or wood
- covered by hide
crafted clothing
domestication of dog!!! then the most important development

first systematic growing of crops began im southeast Anatolia (possibly northwest Syria) around 12,000 years ago