MC 2000 Lecture Notes - Reginald Fessenden, Homo Habilis, List Of Muppets
Document Summary
We have struggled to communicate more efficiently over long distances since the dawn of time. Advances in the media have taken place over time. Development and adoption of communication and new tech. is an old process. Each advance changed psychological functioning of humans (ability to think, reason, remember, coordinate life) Show depth of connection between communication, media, and the human condition. Usually around 4. 5 million years old. (our planet is about 5 billion) Proconsul (40-70m years ago)- similar to a house cat with eyes facing forward. Ramapithicus (4m years ago) pre-human ancestors- 3ft tall, hunters and gatherers: age of signs and signals. They had very large jaws and cheek bones, which indicates that they did not have the ability to speak, most likely. Homo habilis (1. 9 m years ago)- ability to make tools, first tool maker. Too massive of a jaw to be able to speak as well. Homo erectus (1m years ago)- first fire user.
