UGC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Veneration Of The Dead, Stone Age, Trans-Cultural Diffusion

• School: University at Buffalo
• Department: Undergraduate College
• Course: UGC 111
• Professor: Kohler

Document Summary

Records existed to keep track of trade. 1856: neanderthals discovered in the neander vally of germany. 1859: charles darwin proposes his theory of evolution. By 20th century, findings traced even earlier humans to africa and asia. Earliest hominids lived on the african continent, about 7 million years ago. About 50,000 years ago, humans migrated to other continents. The spread of humans led to the development of different cultures (cultural diffusion) It"s called the stone age because the tools used were made of stone. Two key phases of the stone age. Paleolithic: old stone age, to 8000 b. c. Neolithic: new stone age, coincides with the development of agriculture. Evolution of human species coincides with advancement and sophistication of various tools. Around 35,000 years ago, tools and other implements began to be increasingly specialized to specific tasks. Also accommodated lifestyle focusing on both hunting and agriculture.