HIST 1001 Chapter : Prehistory
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1st to make simple tools, bipedal lived in e and s africa called southern apemen (australopithicenes) Homo habilis ( handy human) brain 50% larger than australopithicenes, earliest toolmaking hominid. Homo erectus ( upright human ) larger, more varied tools; 1st to leave africa and move into europe and asia. Neander in germany, also in europe and middle east. 1st to bury dead, made clothes from skins of animals they killed for food. 1st anatomically modern humans; had replaced neanderthals; we all belong to this subspecies. Neolithic revolution following last ice age in 10,000 bce, before new stone age. Agriculture biggest change was shift from h-g to producing food by systematic ag could give up nomadic way of life. Mesolithic age (middle stone age) saw gradual transition, not totally new neolithic farming villages- catal huyuk located in modern turkey had religious shrines.
