HIST 1250 Midterm: HIST1250 midterm review

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1250
• Professor: Tara Abraham

Document Summary

Introduction: science and technology in a global context1. Science is a social activity and is shaped by its historical context: social context: community, institutions, discipline, society, political context: imperialism, nationalism, nations, cultural context: communication, art, literature, philosophy. General timeline: cos(cid:373)os: (cid:862)big ba(cid:374)g(cid:863): (cid:1005)(cid:1006)-15 billion years ago, 500 million years ago plants, fish, and insects develop, 300 m. y. a reptiles appear, 200 m. y. a. Mammals appear: 50 m. y. a primates appear, 6 to 8 m. y. a. All roughly between 2. 5 and 1. 8 million years ago. Hominins could walk upright and use hands to carry tools. Early hominins: homo habilis (cid:862)ha(cid:374)d(cid:455) (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:863); (cid:1005). (cid:1012) (cid:373)illio(cid:374) (cid:455)ea(cid:396)s ago. The evolution of stone tools in paleolithic age: hominins. Homo sapiens sapiens: tools became more precise, for a variety of tasks, cutting, sawing, scraping, tools began to appear that went beyond survival. Neolithic (new stone) agenewstone: major shift: from hunter-gatherer society to agricultural society, happened all over the world: independently: Newstone: agricultural society: hunter-gatherer society evolved in two ways: