Technology is a Greek word that has two parts. The first part is ‘techno’ and the second one is ‘logia’. Techno means an art or skill that can be made by the hand. Logia mean modification‚ or use of knowledge of tools and machines to perform a task. In other words‚ technology is a complex word that describes a process where simple tools and machines can be used to improve life. It involves the knowledge and use of tools and machines to solve problems in an organized and schematic manner. As an art
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most and has many periods. Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of India. Ancient tools found in the Soan Valley and South India are the earliest evidence of humans in India discovered so far. Some of the tools date back to the Paleolithic Age – 400‚000 to 200‚000 years ago‚ other tools date to the Mesolithic Age and the Neolithic Age (8000 BC – 4000 BC). The first organized civilization of India developed in the Indus River Valley‚ which is part of present-day Pakistan. The Indus
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archaeologists analyze early human remains and reconstruct how early people lived. Historians learn about the past by examining and evaluating written evidence and other records. The earliest period of human history is called the____ ____ ____. Paleolithic people developed skills and tools in order to survive. Their art and religion reflected the world in which they lived. The _____ agricultural revolution brought farming and permanent communities. Eight features of early civilization were _____‚
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The Evolution of Homo sapiens Paleolithic Society The Neolithic Era and the Transition to Agriculture The Hominids Australopithecus: Developed in Africa 4 million to 1 million years ago Bipedal‚ able to plan journeys (about 10 miles long)‚ brain size 500 cc Part of brain used for speech underdeveloped Homo erectus: Lived 2 million to 200‚000 years ago (after Australopithecus) Brain size 1000 cc‚ wielded fire Communicated with sounds (no language yet)‚ journeyed outside east and south Africa
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farming or animal husbandry” NOT agricultural revolution yet…. They mostly gathered foods like berries‚ nuts‚ roots and gain and scavenged dead animals (kinda like vultures…)‚ and hunting live animals Paleolithic: stone‚ not metal tools—stone age Cultural and learned skills of the Paleolithic age- define history Out of Africa to the Ends of the Earth: First Migrations Human life started in Africa Culture: learned or invented ways of living‚ became more important than biology in shaping
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Trent Riddell Mr. Edwards AP World History 20 June 2013 Human Technological and Social Development The movement of the Human race throughout the globe in the Paleolithic Era was not a quick process. The tens of thousands of years these migrations took were only possible due to the growth and expansion of the human brain. The vast amount of land traveled‚ tested humans in many ways such as climate changes‚ new predators‚ new geography etc. This caused them to adapt‚ in ways such as technological
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During the Paleolithic‚ humans grouped together in small societies such as bands‚ and subsisted by gathering plants and hunting or scavenging wild animals. The Paleolithic is characterized by the use of knapped stone tools‚ although at the time humans also used wood and bone tools. Other organic commodities were adapted for use as tools‚ including leather and vegetable fibers; however‚ due to their nature‚ these have not been preserved to any great degree. Surviving artifacts of the Paleolithic era are
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pottery‚ and jewelry. From their studies‚ archaeologists attempt to reconstruct past ways of life. In this class we discussed and learned about the evolution of human being culture living in Greece and the surrounding Aegean Islands through the Paleolithic Age up until the Late Bronze Age. We got to see how archaeologists learn about the past through the study of material remains and how the different remains help us to understand the Greek civilization of the time period and how it has developed
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Paleo Diet (a name which he has trademarked)‚ the paleo diet is based upon the idea of mimicking‚ as closely as possible‚ the diets of our “pre-agricultural‚ hunter-gatherer ancestors‚” specifically as they supposedly existed during the titular Paleolithic period. Cordain‚ a professor at Colorado State University‚ claims that adhering to this diet will “help to optimize your health‚ minimize your risk of chronic disease‚ and lose weight.” The Ideological underpinnings of the diet are based on the
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She also claims that genetic modification to grow bigger‚ more resilient foods invalidates those used in the diet (Warinner). I believe that by making this assumption‚ Ms. Warinner fails to recognize that the Paleo diet is an adaptation of the Paleolithic diets of our ancestors‚ not an exact
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