August 5, 2015 Put your phone in its pocket! Bell Ringer: What artifact’s true purpose yesterday surprised you? Cornell Notes Prehistory, Human Migration, and the Neolithic Revolution HW: Flow Chart of Agricultural Revolution Due Friday 8/7

Cornell Notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtW9IyE04OQ

Review of Artifact Activity What did you learn from yesterday’s activity? What do archeologists do? How have archeologists enhanced the study of prehistory?

What is prehistory? Pre = before Prehistory = Before written history

Prehistoric Times Old Stone Age – Paleolithic Tools were of stone, wood, bone People were nomads – moved around a lot Hunter-gatherer

Change of Cranial Capacity Over Time Big Brains = Smarter

Leakey Footsteps in Tanzania

Ian Tattersall: Usually behavior has to be inferred indirectly from the evidence of bones and teeth, and there is almost always argument over inferences of this kind. But at Laetoli, through these footprints, behavior itself is fossilized.

Lucy 3.5 million years old hominid Most nearly complete skeleton of any erect walking pre- human found up to that time. She was 3 ½ feet tall and weighed 60 pounds.

Lucy

Neanderthal Man – Duck Dynasty Ancestors?

Cro Magnon Man/ Homo Sapiens – da Vinci’s Grandpa?

Migration of Early Man

What does art tell us about a society? Cave artists

Lascaux Cave, France

Mesolithic Age Paleolithic Age Old Stone Age Middle Stone Age Domestication of animals and beginning of a more settled existence Bows, arrows, stone axes with handles Hunter-gather Nomadic Basic Stone Tools

Neolithic – New Stone Age Agricultural Revolution – switch from food hunting to food producing Farming Permanent Settlements More Advanced Technology More food More people

The Fertile Crescent

Farming

Settling down Prerequisite to civilization

Crash Course: World History Agriculture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yocja_N5s1I&list=PLBDA2E52FB1E F80C9

Compare and Contrast Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age Food: Hunter/Gatherer, wild animals, wild grains and berries Shelter: Temporary Caves or tents Societal Structure: Small nomadic groups Food: Agriculture, domesticated animals Shelter: Permanent settlements Societal Structure: Differentiated jobs, large sedentary populations

Start working on Neolithic Revolution Flow Chart Paleolithic Age- Old Stone Age Hunter-gatherers Nomadic Increased population in cities