HIST 1010- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)
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Out of africa thesis- modern human being are all decendants of recent migrants of. Domestication of plants and animals- creation of agrarian settlements. Evolution- process by which the different species of the world adapted to their changing environments which enabled them to survive and increase population. Hominids- the ancient mammals in the past by many groups descended from the great. The judaic-christian believed in the old testament (genesis) of god creating earth with adam and eve over 7 days. The yoruba peoples (w. africa) believed that god (king oduduwa) descended in human form. The buddhists believed in a continuous reappearance of human & animal souls. Hindu creation myth belived that their god (purusha) sacrificed himself and from his body came 4 types of people: the brahman (priest, the rajanya, the vaishya, the shundra (laborers) Charles darwin- all life had evolved over long periods from simple forms of matter.
