MMW 11 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Human Taxonomy, Homo Erectus, Australopithecus Afarensis

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

In this section of the course we studied the emergence of human beings, over many millions of years, from african apes to hominids, to modern human beings. We looked at the paleolithic period, and at the neolithic stage of social development, with the emergence of agriculture and settled life, bringing both gains and losses: identification of images---review on artstor or tritoned. You should be able to give a short account of such terms as: Hominid= little humans; walked on two legs; more than 6 different species; can run, carry things, language. Paleolithic= period during stone age in which people used stone, bone, and other natural products to make tools and gained food largely by foraging. Neolithic= beginning of agricultural and animal domestication. Homo erectus= standing humans; made tools that were slightly specialized; engaged in cooperative gathering, hunting, and food preparation; migrated out of east africa. Hunter-gatherers= paleolithic people; ate plants and animals.