Sociology 2151A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Interpersonal Communication, Eth, Ath
20 Jan 2015
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Population: size influences how they behave, their social organization, Organization: more people more rules, complicated social structure. Environment: physical enviro, eg. fresh water, plants, animals, etc. Carried mainly things that helps with attaining food (eg. hunting tools) Carried little bit of clothing, something to carry water. People didn"t live very long, life expectancies of 35yrs, 80% infant mortality, birthing was difficult. Emergence of agri: nice place to plant crops, and would go seasonally to live. Susbsistence agri: grow enough to feed themselves, but not enough for significant growth in population. Communities started off as very small, 13-15 people. Any more people could not be supported in those areas. Took 6000-7000 years for them to get really big. Non-agri specialists: people didn"t have to spend all their time getting food, part of it was having soldiers to fight of enemies and un-wanted residents. (cid:131) (cid:131) Would need social hierarchy and rules of behaviour (regulate interaction patters, etc. )
