HIS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Soot, Denisovan, Hand Axe
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In history lies all the secrets of stagecraft. History despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not to be lived again. Probing into events, connecting their narrative flow, finding patterns governing victory and defeat, prosperity and decay. History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity. Bp = before precent, c. = circa = approximately. Olduvi stone shopping tool - 1. 8 million yrs bp. Oluvai hand axe - 1. 4-1. 2 million yrs bp. Used tools and smarts to out survive bigger, faster, stronger predatrs. 250 000- 200000 bp - homo sapiens. Historic - written records, prehistoric - no written records. However there are many humans in the past - whole society - were illiterate/couldn"t write so they would be excluded.
