Neolithic Revolution

Peking Man - .5 million years ago : 

Peking Man - .5 million years ago -found near Beijing, China -Ape-Man Transformation -best known species of Homo-erectus -diet -fire

“The Great Ice Age” Map : 

“The Great Ice Age” Map

Neanderthals - 75,000 B.C. : 

Neanderthals - 75,000 B.C. -generally accepted as Homo-sapiens -found near Europe and West and Central Asia -limited life span

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Hunting : 

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Hunting -requirements of a hunter -methods -mammoth, musk-ox, bison popular -evidence of kill-sites -meat knowledge gained

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Fishing : 

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Fishing -methods

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Gathering : 

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Gathering -snails, small turtles, roots, greens, acorns, nuts and berries initially -after climate shifts around 9,000-7,000 B.C. foodstuffs were essential as some animal populations dwindled -in Americas there were yams, turnips, onions, radishes, cabbages, willow, birch, waterweeds, mushrooms -in Europe, evidence of beans, lentils, chickpeas

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Cooking : 

Food and Cooking Before 10,000 B.C.Cooking -why cook meat -methods

The Neolithic PeriodMap of the Fertile Crescent Area : 

The Neolithic PeriodMap of the Fertile Crescent Area

The Neolithic RevolutionMajor Impacts : 

The Neolithic RevolutionMajor Impacts -transition from hunting-gathering to farming and domestication -changes in diet -increased exploration and understanding of metals -expansion of craft skills, like pottery and weaving -concepts of land ownership, trade, social elite, money evolved -more complex view of religion -increase in birth rates -increase in disease

The Neolithic RevolutionA Look at Religion : 

The Neolithic RevolutionA Look at Religion -contrast with previous systems -farming was viewed as an attack -emphasis on matriarchal power -fertility rituals