how do you think human beings would live if there were no
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Do Now!!!How do you think human beings would live if there were no farming? -- This means no crops, no pigs, cattle, chickens, or any other meat raised by farmers or ranchers.
Unit 1.1 Paleolithic vs Neolithic Societies
“Old Stone Age” Versus “New Stone Age”
Understanding the Hunter-Gatherers
They had no system of writing! This period of human existence is called “prehistory” because of this.
-- No books
-- No documents
-- Nothing we can read before about 3000 B.C
OLD STONE AGE = People during this period were Hunters and Gatherers!
Roaming around, following animals to hunt and moving with climate seasons that provided things like berries and nuts.
The Earliest Religions! -- Animism
As far back as 100,000 years ago, archaeologists have found evidence that our ancestors buried their dead.
Often the dead were buried with items like food, clothing, or jewelry!
What do you think this suggests that these early humans believed???
An afterlife! Why else would they bury their dead with those kinds of items?
A vast majority of human existence took place during the Paleolithic Age 2.6 million years ago to about 12,000 years ago.
Paleolithic Age /Old Stone Age
Began 2.6 Million years ago
This little sliver on the timeline represents the “Neolithic Age” up to today in terms of Human history.
Stone Tool of Paleolithic Age
Modern Humans or ‘Homo Sapiens’ first appeared around 250,000 to 100,000 years ago
About 10,000 years ago
2.6 Million Years ago
Paleolithic vs NeolithicOld Vs New
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)•Means “Old” Stone Age•Hunter-Gatherers•Family Groups•Nomadic (Traveled)•Limited possessions•Merit based leadership,
elders•Egalitarian (equal)•Gender•Socio-economic
Neolithic (New Stone Age)
Neolithic → New Stone Age
○Big difference → Agriculture
How do we get to Agriculture?
○ Must DOMESTICATE plants & animals○ Selective breeding for traits
beneficial to humans (biological change)
○ 1st → ○ Wild grains into wheat,
barley○ Goats, sheep, cattle
“Selective Breeding” -- today!!
“Selective Breeding” -- Today!
○ Areas of Independent Innovation
1) Take a few minutes to brainstorm and write down your thoughts about what human beings could do once they could farm instead of hunt and gather!
2) Then, get with a partner! Discuss your ideas together and come up with your best answers as a pair.
3) Finally, be ready to share with the class one idea that you’ve come up with!
Think - Pair - Share Activity
Impact!
○ Sedentary lifestyle → Stay in 1 place○ Surplus → excess, leftovers
○ Agriculture produces more○ Sedentary can accumulate stuff
○ Social Stratification → layers of society○ Economic○ Gender
○ Specialization → people could focus on 1 job b/c not everyone has to be farmer○ Priest, Warrior, Potter, Healer, Political leader○ Increases technological advancement!
○ Population density○ Cities○ disease
Spread
○ In 10,000 B.C.E., nearly every human was a hunter-gatherer. By 1 C.E., most were either farmers or pastoralists (domesticated animal herder)
○ Spread through CULTURAL DIFFUSION → the spread of ideas, inventions, or other cultural elements from one society to another
○ Contact b/w groups or technology carried by nomads
Paleolithic vs Neolithic
Paleolithic•Old Stone Age•Hunter-Gatherers•Family Groups•Nomadic•Limited possessions•Merit based leadership,
elders•Egalitarian (equal)
•Gender•Socio-economic
Neolithic
Paleolithic vs Neolithic
Paleolithic•Old Stone Age•Hunter-Gatherers•Family Groups•Nomadic (Traveled)•Limited possessions•Merit based leadership,
elders•Egalitarian (equal)
•Gender•Socio-economic
Neolithic•New Stone Age•Agriculture•Villages to cities•Sedentary (Permanent
homes)•Material accumulation•Increased hereditary
leadership•Social stratification•Gender stratification•Epidemic disease
Paleolithic Age 2.5 Million Years ago to about 10,000 B.C!!
Neolithic began about
10,000B.C
Europe’s Oldest Mummy!
“The Iceman” as he is nicknamed
Lived about 3400 B.C (5400 years ago)
Bleed to death
Mummified by the cold temperatures (Not by other p
Remaining Class Time or Homework Activities
1) Document Analysis Assignment! -Go to my website using a chromebook!-On the left side of the website, click on ‘Section 1 Early History: Foundations of your world.” - Then Click on “Unit 1: Early River Valley Civilizations.”-Click ‘Unit 1.1 paleolithic and Neolithic Link’-Read the 3 short documents and answer the 3 questions on a separate sheet of paper!
2) Create vocabulary flashcards with the word and a picture of the word on one side and the definition on the opposite side with these eight words…
1) Social 2)Culture 3)Anthropology 4)Archaeology 5)Paleolithic 6) Neolithic
7)Domesticate 8) Hunter/Gatherer
Almost every class day we will have time to complete the activities for that day. If you do not finish these activities during class time, they are homework!