There are basically 4 periods of materials science development in history of the world: Prehistory‚ Antiquity‚ Middle Ages‚ and Modern materials science. This essay covers the history of materials science on how different materials were used as influenced by the history of the world and the culture of the peoples of the Earth. Prehistory Stone Age‚ Bronze Age‚ and Iron Age together is the three-age system prehistory. In the Stone Age‚ humans made tools of stone‚ bone‚ and wood for hunting: sticks‚
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hundred thousand years as so mentioned in “The New Penguin History of the World” written by J.M Roberts. He mentions “Evidence of the glaciations and their effects is now available from all oceans and continents and they provide the backbone for prehistory chronology.” I did research and came across a website http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/04/040421234349.htm. It has evidence that supports the three major glaciation events that occurred in the past. Robert Tucker and Zhanxiong Peng of
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about these events. The term includes cosmic‚ geologic‚ and organic history‚ but is often generically implied to mean human history. Scholars who write about history are called historians. Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. History can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative to examine and analyse a sequence of past events‚ and objectively determine the patterns of cause and effect that determine them. Historians sometimes debate the nature of
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Human beings‚ in contrast with other species‚ do not possess highly developed instinctive reactions but have the capacity to think systematically and creatively about techniques. Human beings can thus innovate and consciously modify their environment in a way no other species has achieved. An ape may on occasion use a stick to beat bananas from a tree. A human being can fashion the stick into a cutting tool and remove a whole bunch of bananas. By virtue of human being’s nature as a toolmaker‚ a
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with the continuous‚ methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time. If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history‚ the individual is a historian of prehistory. Although "historian" can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike‚ it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline. Some historians‚ though‚ are recognized by equivalent training
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background as an historian of European expansion and Asian response over the last two hundred years requires me to take most of the account of prehistory on trust - which is a drawback since Diamond asserts that most of the really important influences on modern history had already occurred before the birth of Christ. To a non-specialist‚ the account of human prehistory presented here seems plausible and well-founded - the argument is that‚ as homo sapiens evolved in Africa and migrated to colonise first
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Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism Cannibalism and human sacrificial ceremonies have been around for an exceedingly long period of time. Cannibalizing a human sacrifice has existed throughout recorded history and continues today in a few religions. Cannibalism and human sacrifice has materialized in numerous forms throughout the course of history. Asia‚ Europe‚ America‚ and Australia all have participated in the ceremonies of human sacrifice and cannibalism. A style of cannibalism is performed
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The Beginnings of Civilization PREHISTORY • Absence of written records • Scientists rely on unwritten evidence Archaeologists-study places where prehistoric people lived Artifacts-objects shaped by human beings Fossils-human or animal bones and teeth Fossilized traces left in rocks by plants and animals Geologists- analyze fossils and the rocks in which they are found Chemists and Physicists-determines the age of the artifacts and other remains of the past THE SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDGE
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AP World History Study Guide for Exam One: “Foundations: Prehistory- 600 C.E” Terms/Ideas To Know: 1.Pastorialism: Branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. 2.Patrilineal: System in which one belongs to one’s father’s lineage. 3. Matrilineal: A societal system in which one belongs to one’s matriline or mother’s lineage. 4. Hominids: Primate of the family Hominidae‚ which Homo sapiens is the
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Art is a complicated subject in the archaeological record because of how inherently vague the definition of art is. There are various ways and mediums in which to express creativity‚ making it difficult to interpret the different forms‚ or to understand and deduce the meaning or reasoning behind it‚ especially before the invention of writing and throughout various extinct cultures. There is also a problem in interpreting artistic expressions of the past based on the classifications and aesthetics
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