WHAPPING Period 1.1 Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth Technological and Environmental Transformations to c. 600 B.C.E.

An Experiment: What Resources Are Available to the Researcher? Autumn, 2018, a journalist for the Detroit Free Press does a story on the UAIS. A historian from the year 2080 writes a history of the UAIS’s early years. After discovering and excavating the ruins of the UAIS, a Chinese historian from the year 3000 decides to research education in the early 21st century United States.

1.1: Big Geography and the Peopling of the Earth Paleolithic humans migrate from East Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas. Early humans demonstrate mobility and creativity as they adapt to different geographical settings. Early humans develop varied and sophisticated technologies.

1.1.I: Archeological evidence indicates that during the Paleolithic era, hunting-foraging bands of humans gradually migrated from their origin in East Africa to Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas, adapting their technology and cultures to new climate regions. Be sure to know East Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas (on the map) Paleolithic tools and technology the general socio-economic relationships of Paleolithic peoples

Afroeurasia (Afro-Eur-Asia) Eastern and Russia Europe Western Europe Afroeurasia (Afro-Eur-Asia) Australia

How Do We Know? Archeology Empirical Evidence + Experience + Faith + Imagination

Paleolithic Tools

Vocab?

After Grog dropped his first mixtape, Paleolithic humans learned to control fire. This changed eating habits, tool-making, and life after dark.

Changes and Continuities?

Hunter-Gatherers Migratory / Nomadic Loose political structures No real social classes Different gender relations Polytheistic religion Limited technology

Small groups of hunter-foragers roamed the Earth’s regions, interacting with the environment and with each other. They exchanged people, ideas, and goods. Like us, they were artistic, innately social, and curious.

Cave Art

Head of a woman known as the "Venus of Brassempouy" -Gravettian (c Head of a woman known as the "Venus of Brassempouy" -Gravettian (c. 27,000 BC) Mamouth tusk Brassempouy (Landes, Frances) Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Musée des Antiquites nationales Plazy, History of Art in Pictures, p. 10. Art such as this takes time and skill. And think of the tools available 29,000 years ago!

Fertility Goddesses Paleolithic Idol

They buried and mourned their dead.