1. Homework Check!!!! Why did Donald Johanson name the skeleton he found “Lucy”? Why did Donald Johanson name the skeleton he found “Lucy”?

2. The Neolithic Revolution Do Now: Has the human race generally made continuing progress as we have moved through history?

3. Paleolithic Age I.Paleolithic Age – Old Stone Age (Est. 2 mil BC-9000 BC) 1.Hunters & Gatherers A.Nomad: Moving from place to place in search for food. B.Men  hunted & fished. C.Woman  gathered fruits, nuts, etc. 2.Way of Life A.Cave paintings B.Stone tools & pottery C.Domesticated dogs

5. OwlTeacher.com The Ice Ages Changes in climate played an important role in the development of early humankind. Changes in climate played an important role in the development of early humankind. Earth experienced four long periods of cold climate between 2 million and 10,000 years ago, known as Ice Ages. Earth experienced four long periods of cold climate between 2 million and 10,000 years ago, known as Ice Ages. The level of the oceans dropped more than 300 ft. as the sheets of ice formed. The level of the oceans dropped more than 300 ft. as the sheets of ice formed.

6. Neolithic Age I.Neolithic Age – New Stone Age (9000 BC – 3000 BC) 1.Farming  Neolithic Revolution A.Domestication of plants and animals B.Less worry about finding food C.People could remain in one place 1.Communities began to develop 2.Knowledge was shared

7. The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race Jared Diamond Jared Diamond Turn and Talk – Turn and Talk – Would you rather live in a farming community or a hunter-gatherer community. Explain your answer.

8. Health Concerns First, hunter-gatherers enjoyed a varied diet, while early farmers obtained most of their food from one or a few starchy crops. The farmers gained cheap calories at the cost of poor nutrition. Second, because of dependence on a limited number of crops, farmers ran the risk of starvation if one crop failed. Finally, the mere fact that agriculture encouraged people to clump together in crowded societies, many of which then carried on trade with other crowded societies, led to the spread of parasites and infectious disease.

9. Class Concerns Hunter-gatherers have little or no stored food, and no concentrated food sources, like an orchard or a herd of cows: they live off the wild plants and animals they obtain each day. Therefore, there can be no kings, no class of social parasites who grow fat on food seized from others. Only in a farming population could a healthy, nonproducing elite set itself above the disease- ridden masses.

10. Gender Concerns Freed from the need to transport their babies during a nomadic existence, and under pressure to produce more hands to till the fields, farming women tended to have more frequent pregnancies than their hunter-gatherer counterparts-- with consequent drains on their health. Women in agricultural societies were sometimes made beasts of burden.