ANT100Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hydrogen Sulfide, Cenozoic, Paleozoic

• School: UTSG
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANT100Y1
• Professor: Max Friesen

Document Summary

Introduction: growth is seen in the increasing number of people on the planet and in the greater complexity of human technology and organization, archaeology is the study of our human past, combining the themes of time and change. Prehistory: in general, the human past; specifically, the time before the appearance of written records. Archeology: the study of the human past, combining the themes of time and change. Era: a major division of geological times, tens or hundreds of millions of years long, usually distinguished by significant changes in the plant and animal kingdom. Also used to denote later archaeological periods, such as the prehistoric era. Epoch: a subdivision of geological time, millions of years long, representing units of eras. Culture: a uniquely human means of nonbiological adaptations; a repertoire of learned behaviours for coping with the physical and social environments. In other words, the surviving organisms are better adapted to the world that confronts them.