ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Flake Tool
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Palaeolithic: the first period of human prehistory, from the time of the first tools to the end of the pleistocene (10,000 years ago) Lower palaeolithic (3. 3) 2. 6 mya 200 kya. Acheulean, homo erectus, handaxes and flake tools. Neanderthals, early forms of homo sapiens, flake tools. Stone tools: the earliest indications of material culture. Palaeolithic is the first time we see stone tools, 800 kya shows the controlling of fire, 500 kya hunting large game, 200 kya intentional burying of the dead, 100 kya the first decoration, 50. Kya dispersal of human population throughout the world. Variety in the materials used to make tools, development of language, Culture: the system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviours, and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.
