For what percentage of our time on earth have humans been uniquely gatherers and hunters?
For what percentage of our time on earth have humans been uniquely gatherers and hunters?
Please work in a group to answer the following questions. Your responses should be in complete sentences, and contain as much specific detail as possible. You may submit the same responses, since you are working on them together. Keep a copy of these responses, as notes to help you with your first issue essay.
1. For what percentage of our time on earth have humans been uniquely gatherers and hunters? Why have historians tended to ignore the long paleolithic era? Why, according to this book, do paelolithic people still matter to the human story?
2. Where did the first homosapiens evolve? Please describe the path of migration humans took to spread across the world, giving one piece of important information for each phase of this migration.
3. What did the first human societies look like? Please include information about our social structures, our habits, and our relationship to the environment.
4. What was revolutionary about the agricultural revolution? What is ‘domestication’ and ‘intensification’ and how are these related to the Agricultural revolution?