HIST 1001 Midterm: History 1001
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Lucy (3. 2: homo erectus (1. 5 mya, homo sapiens neanderthalensis (500,000-25,000 ya, homo sapiens sapiens (200,000 ya, mitochondrial eve. The common matrilineal ancestor of all living humans: genetic adam. The common ancestor that every single living human male has. Is a distant descendant of mitochondrial eve (they never met/interacted: 25,000 ya neanderthals went extinct but not before they interbred with modern humans (homo sapiens sapiens) Many theories on neanderthal extinction that the book. Oversimplifies but this is a history class and not physical anthro so w/e) Early evidence of human creative activity: venus of hohle fels (38,000 ya, earliest art, made from mammoth tusk, discovered in 2008 in germany. Cave paintings: peche-merle (25,000 ya, chauvet (30,000 ya, very basic scenes, focuses on animals and people. Crafts and technology: pottery (6500 bce, food storage, primarily, textiles (6000 bce, clothing. Irrigation (6,000 bce: metals, smelting (5500 bce, alloys (3500 bce) Changes: differentiation of society, elites: kings, military, religious leaders.
