1. Early Agriculture 8000 BCE- 600 lecture ONE
7 CHARACTERISTICS OF A CIVILIZATION
Generation OF reliable surpluses
Highly specialized occupations
Clear social class distinctions
Growth of cities
Complex, formal governments
Long-distant trade
Organized writing system
DEFINITION OF A HUMAN
Aggressive against their own kind
Babies are dependant for a long time
-Limits adult women
Awareness of death
Opposable thumb
Standing upright (bipedial)
FAACIAL EXPRESSIONS
Elaborate speech

2. Paleolithic age Meolithic age
Old stone age
Foragers –hunter gatherer society
Nomadic
Slow population growth
Survival techniques, Lived in large enough tribes to defend themselves, housing and clothing
Cave painting at Lascaux
Belief in the afterlife
Middle stone age
12,ooo to 8000 BCE
Stone tools
Domesticated animals
Accelerated population growth

3. Agricultural Revol. Cause & Effect
Agricultural vs. neolithic
Systematics/swidden agriculture
Cleared land
Domestication, dogs, selective breeding, llamas in the americas
Development of villages due to surplus food supplies
Growing crops (advantage)-increased populations
Climate changes- social stratification
Loss of large game animals- conflicts (villages, hunter-gatherers vs farmers)