HIST 1001 Quiz: Chapter 1 Preliminary to Western Civilization
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Idea of the west: ancient to modern. Probably originated in africa in early 1970s. First skeletal remains 40: homo erectus (ca. 1. 5 million years ago: homo sapiens neanderthalensis (ca. 500,000 years ago to 25,000 years ago: moved out of africa into europe, homo sapiens sapiens (ca. Notice that homo sapiens sapiens overlaps with homo sapiens: early evidence of human creative activity, people deciding to manipulate materials to make something to tell us about their society; objects that are important to them. Figurines: religious overtones and rituals, maybe gods or goddesses, fertility, venus of hohle fels (ca. Fertility of humans or maybe earth"s fertility: lion man of hohlenstein stadel (ca. 35,000 years ago: venus of willendorf, ca. Vuluptious woman: cave paintings, can be found all over the world: south africa, europe, spain, France, germany: importance of animals in hunter gatherer societies (symbolic magic)
