GLST 392 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Homo Erectus, Libido
29 Sep 2016
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Human origin 2. 5 million years ago: 1/4000 of earth"s existence 24 hour day last 5 minutes b. Human negatives and positives: aggressiveness, long baby time, back problems, death fears, grip, high/regular sex drive, omnivores, facial expressions, speech c. Paleolithic (old stone) age 2. 5 million to 12000 bce: simple tools increase in size, brain capacity homo erectus. Homo sapiens sapiens 120,000 years ago killed off others: population growth required change 1 square mile to hunt/gather for. Relative gender equality women harder, but both contributed b. Rituals for death, explain environment, rules for social behavior c. Greatest achievement spread over earth: fire/animal skin, 14,000 great ice age ended d. e. f. Conflicts w/ others bone breaks/skull fractures: knowledge based on cave paintings, tool remains, burial sites. Agriculture changed everything could support more people: settle one spot focus on economic, political, religious goals, 14,000-10,000 bce 6 million to 100 million people b. Big game animals decreasing hunting yield declined3.
