HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ex Nihilo, Oldowan, Australopithecus
9 Sep 2015
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The branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe or a theory that explains the origin of the universe : example: book of genesis, big band theory, pan ku and the dao, the. Dogon egg, etc. ex nihilo = out of nothing . Lucy : discovered in ethiopia in 1974, major breakthrough in establishing link between humans and apes, named for beatles song lucy in the sky with diamonds . 1st hominin species; remains found in many places in africa: bipedal, lived approx. 2. 8 1. 5 mya; although book gives no exact dates: brain about half the size of modern human brain, oldowan tool, omnivorous diet. Circa or circa anno = approximately or around the year x . Homo sapiens: appeared about 280,000 years ago, spread across earth no later than 13,000 years ago, well-developed brain, could communicate verbally.
