1. Humans Try to Control Nature
Chapter 1 Section 2

2. Early Advances in Technology and Art
By about 40,000 years ago, human beings had become fully modern in their physical appearances.
People had developed new technology, artistic skills, and most importantly, agriculture.
Early modern humans distinguished themselves from their ancestors, who spent most of their time just surviving.

3. Early Advances in Technology and Art
Tools Needed to Survive: Men and Women of the Stone Age were nomads. Nomads were highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new sources of food.
Nomads who relied on collecting food or hunting animals are called hunter-gatherers.
Roving Cro-Magnons increased their food supply by creating tools. Tools such as spears, knives, fish hooks, harpoons, digging sticks, chisel-like cutters to make other tools, and bone needs to sew helped launch what would become a technological revolution
Artistic Expression in the Paleolithic Age: Stone age peoples were interested arts. Stone Aged men and women wore and adorned necklaces of seashells, lions teeth, or bear claws. Also Stone Aged people from all continents created cave paintings. Some of the most famous come from France and Spain, where pictures of life like animals were found.

4. Beginnings of Agriculture
For thousands of years, humans survived just by hunting and gathering. Men did most of the hunting, while the women were gathering fruits, berries, roots and grasses. About 10,000 years ago, women had scattered seeds, at a site of living, when they returned after migrating one year, they found new crops. This new discovery would lead to agriculture.
Causes of the Agricultural Revolution: Change of climate lead to longer growing seasons and drier land for cultivating wild grasses. A rich supply of grain helped with a population boom. Hunting for the whole group become tougher, farming become an attractive alternate option.
Early Farming Methods: Slash and Burn: the cutting of trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field. Ashes that remained fertilized the soil. They did this for a year or two and then moved on to another field.

5. Beginnings of Agriculture Cont.
Domestication of Animals:
Hunters used their knowledge of animals to trap and tame animals.
This allowed for a more constant source of food.
Not only did farmers tame animals, but nomads herded sheep, goats, camels and other animals.

6. Villages Grow and Prosper
Within a few thousand years, people in many other regions, especially in the fertile cresent, turned to farming.
Africa- wheat, barley, and other crops
China- grain and rice
Mexico/Central America- corn, beans, squash
Peru-tomatoes, sweet and white potatoes
Farming in these areas would spread out to surrounding areas.

7. Catal Huyuk Catal Huyuk – Located in South Central Turkey
Early village life (6000 people)
Large crops of wheat, barley and peas.
Raised sheep and cattle.
Development of skilled workers
Potters and weavers
Obsidian products such as mirrors, jewelry and knives
Religious relics
Big Drawbacks
Disease
Raiders

8. Review What advances had humans made in technology and art?
What type of farming did these early humans use?
How did farming come to be?