HIST 1250 Final: HIST1250 Exam Notes
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Southern apes were said to look like us 4. 5 million years ago. Used tools such as macaque (a macaque is used to smash open food) They were using this 1. 4 million years ago. Homo habilis: the handy man, which involved into homo erectus and then into homo sapiens. Homo sapiens came to take over 40k years ago. becomes first technology at this point. Homo erectus: (600k years ago) (cid:498)standing man(cid:499) (omo sapiens (cid:498)wise man(cid:499) Humans were able to use fire properly at this time and effectively. Prometheus: a god that created human beings ( greeks believed this) and he gave humans fire. Maui: a story that took fire away from the gods. Fire allowed for humans to overcome habitat determining factors. Humans start applying their food sources to the fire. Cooking allowed for monosaccharide(cid:495)s>> created more energy of caloric intake (more impact of unit of food) Fire creates smoke, smoke creates insect borne disease.
