HIST 1001 Chapter : Paleolithic Era
Document Summary
Lucy- 3ft tall weighed 5-120 pounds, & brain capacity of 500 ccs. 2. 5 million years ago homoerrectis rose, had 1000 ccs of brain power. Began in africa but settled in africa, asia, and europe. Various tools cleavers, hand axes used to protect and hunt. Neanderthal and chromaniant (leads to us) made knives spears bows arrows, clothes jewelry, cave paintings and other expressions of creative arts. 40,000 years ago language was a very early stage of homo sapiens. Women cave paintings: depicting who they are, early religious understanding of the world, fertility acknowledgement of reproduction. Hunting: coming together to provide for a higher social base. Herds of animals: hunted and eaten, venerated, significant to early societies. Women strictly there for reproduction or praised for it. Women were very respected in this era. Men and women parts are of equal importance in the community.
