MMW 11 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Shang Dynasty, Xia Dynasty, Babylonian Captivity
14 Dec 2016
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50% increase in brain size compared to australopithecus. More sophisticated tools: hand axe, cleaves, scrappers. Began to migrate out of africa around 1 million years. Smaller maturation of brain leads to less pain to mothers. Takes great time for baby to be developed. Multi-regionalism: homo erectus migrated out of africa and evolved to. Out of africa: began migrate out of africa, beginning of homo sapiens. Mitochondrial dna in humans have relatively similar with homo. Sapiens, resulting we are all africans under the skin common ancestor. Since babies needed to be nurtured for a long time, it created social bond between men and women as for they had to raise a child together. On brain size: more protein-> allows for maintenance of bigger brains/ Social adaptions (time, patience): with cooked food, one has to be patient and wait. Hunters need patience to bring the food to the community. Used same technology for over a million years.
