HST 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Indus River, Swiss Alps, Upper Paleolithic
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Charles darwin proposes the idea of natural selection. He is mocked and rejected by other scientists and the church: animals and humans share a common origin, all man has his origin in mid/north america, man is set apart because we can control our environment. People congregated and mass produced earliest technology. Smaller, sharper objects: spears, bows, arrows. I(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t for (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol of e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)oatsie(cid:863) 5,000 year old man recovered and preserved in the snow: swiss alps, clothing, red deer meat, bread were found in stomach, arrowhead found in shoulder. Murdered: 45 years, 100 l(cid:271)s. , 5(cid:859)5 ft. In modern day turkey religious items were found in 1 out of 3 homes: 5,000 years ago. River valleys: nile valley, indus valley, fertile crescent, huanc valley, they all line up with one another on a map. Newbia: southern end of the nile, similar to egyptians. Homosapien ups his game: uses bone, spreads location using regional variations, creation of knives from rock flaking.
