[HSB 115] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (28 pages long!)

• School: University of Hartford
• Department: History: Hillyer
• Course: HSB 115
• Professor: Pollack Zachary

Document Summary

Pre-history- before the invention of writing: origins of history writing is history, fossils are evidence that all humans came from africa. Old stone age- ( paleolithic age) during this period the ice age occurred and the oldest stone- chopping tools were found. Homo habilis- ( man of skill) - the rst tool makers. Homo erectus- ( upright man) existed 1. 6 million years ago: more intelligent and adaptable, rst hominids to migrate, they were hunters and communicators. Neanderthals - were a subspecies circa 200,000 years: developed jewelry, art and music. *last phase of the old stone age: circa 40,000 bce, human development sped up, population expanded from africa, new technology. Homo sapiens- ( wise man) developed tools and rst to develop art: earliest music tools were made from ivory and bone. Building blocks of civilization: 11,000 bce, climate change led to to managed food production, communities became more stable as individuals gained wealth, trade and more complex interaction began.