A Timeline of Human Development PDF

**A Timeline of Human Development** - **Homo habilis (Skillful human)** -- Lived 1.5 to 2.4 million years ago. Also called "Handy Man". Used stones as simple tools and ate a variety of foods. - **Homo erectus (Upright human)** - Lived 300,000 to 1.6 million years ago. Used fire. Ma...

**A Timeline of Human Development** - **Homo habilis (Skillful human)** -- Lived 1.5 to 2.4 million years ago. Also called "Handy Man". Used stones as simple tools and ate a variety of foods. - **Homo erectus (Upright human)** - Lived 300,000 to 1.6 million years ago. Used fire. Made stone axes and chopping tools. - **Homo sapiens (Wise human)** - Lived 30,000 to 230,000 years ago. Could speak. Made more complicated tools. Also called "the Neanderthals" - **Homo sapiens sapiens (Modern human)** - Have been around for 120,000 years. Became more advanced about 40,000 years ago **I. Early Technology \|** A. The Stone Age (2.5 million years ago -- 3,000BC) - Because of the great span of time involved, the Stone Age is divided into three periods: **Paleolithic** (or Old Stone Age), **Mesolithic** (or Middle Stone Age), and **Neolithic** (or New Stone Age). - These three periods refer to the gradual progress of tool-making from the earliest coarse pebble tools to more advanced and refined tools. - During these eras an eventual transformation was seen from a culture of hunting and gathering to farming and food production. **[A.1. Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age) 2.5 mya-10,000 BC]** - Early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees and were hunters and gatherers. They used basic stone and bone tools, as well as crude stone axes, for hunting birds and wild animals. - They cooked their prey, including woolly mammoths, dear and bison, using controlled fire. They also fished and collected berries, fruit and nuts. - The early humans of Paleolithic period that dwell in the caves are hunters and gatherers. **[A.2. Mesolithic Period -- (10,000 BC --8,000 BC)]** - Humans used small stone tools, now also polished and sometimes crafted with points and attached to antlers, bone or wood to serve as spears and arrows. - They often lived nomadically in camps near rivers and other bodies of water. - Agriculture was introduced during this time, which led to more permanent settlements in villages. - People of the Mesolithic period use polished pointed tools during hunting - 8 **[A.3. Neolithic Period (8,000 BC --3,000 BC)]** - Ancient humans switched from hunter/gatherer mode to agriculture and food production. They domesticated animals and cultivated cereal grains. - They used polished hand axes, adzes for ploughing and tilling the land and started to settle in the plains. - Advancements were made not only in tools but also in farming, home construction and art, including pottery, sewing and weaving.