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TERM 1
500,000 years ago
DEFINITION 1 Homo Sapiens (the same species as us) appeared. -Smaller Brains -Different Behaviours -Fire TERM 2
The Great Leap Forward
DEFINITION 2 Began 50,000 years ago. People developed standardized and specialized tools, language, jewelry and expanded the human geographic range (Australia, South New Guinea, later into the "New World." TERM 3
Four Fields of Anthropolgy
DEFINITION 3
- Sociocultural--studies society and cultural, compares similiarities and differences. 2. Archaeological--examines past human behvaiour through physical remains. 3. Biological--bio. variations between time and space. 4. Linguistic--language in its social and cultural context. TERM 4
Ethnography
DEFINITION 4 Provides an account of a particular community, society or culture. TERM 5
Ehtnology
DEFINITION 5 Examines, interprets, analyzes and compares the results of an ethnography.
TERM 6
Neolithic Revolution
DEFINITION 6 11,000 years ago. Humans developed more sophisticated tools. Correlates with animal extinction. TERM 7
11,000 BC
DEFINITION 7 End of the last ice age; up to this point, all humans lived in bands and tribes and were hunter/gatherers. Humans did not produce food at this point. What happend between 11, BC and 15,000 AD is key. TERM 8
Complexities of Food Production and Animal
Domestication
DEFINITION 8 -Increases population and population density. -Production of material goods. -Accumulation of social power. -New forms of political organizations emerges. -Productivity of energy resources increases. Food production and animal domestication was not adopted universally by all humans, they were adopted at different times and places. TERM 9
Guns, Germs and Steel (1997)
DEFINITION 9 Author: Jarred Diamond A brief history of humans over the past 13,000 years. Offers a global perspective. Problems with narrow focus (too focused on Eurasia, ignoring the rest of the world). Central question: Why did wealth and power distributed so unequally? TERM 10
Proximate Causes
DEFINITION 10 Guns, Germs and Steel! Some societies developed these things sooner than others. The societies that developed these things first dominated those who did not.
