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7192071402AustralopithecusWhen: 4 million years ago Where: East Africa What: first hominids, walked uprights, sophisticated tools, apposable thumbs, Traveled deliberately0
7192074828Homo ErectusWhen: 1 Million years ago Where: North Africa, Eurasian landmass, west Asia, south Asia, East Asia, southeast Asia , Europe What: Upright walking human, larger brain, advanced tools, Travel most of the eastern hemisphere1
7192075626Homo SapiensWhen: two hundred thousand years ago Where: Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Guinea What: Consciously thinking human, large brain, close to modern brain structure, Throat with vocal cords and tongue, made there own languages, intelligent,2
7192077829PaleolithicWhen: Paleolithic era Where: South America, Africa, Asia, Australia What: Hunters and Gathers, no social distinctions, some weapons and tools, have the same gender equality3
7192079419NeanderthalWhen: two hundred thousand and thirty five years ago Where: Europe and south west Asia What: Part of the Homo neandertalensis species, lived near homo sapiens, traded goods with homo sapiens, imitated technologies, ritual and burial, had emotions and feelings.4
7192078232Venus figurineWhen: Paleolithic era Where: South America, Africa, Asia Australia What: Reflect deep interest in fertility, prominent sexual features,5
7192079704Cave paintingWhen: Thirty four thousand years ago Where: Southern France and northern Spain What: most of animals, Told stories, had some human figures.6
7192080714Neolithic EraWhen: twelve thousand years ago Where: Eastern hemisphere What: Brought plants under cultivation, animals under domestication, finements in tool making techniques7
7192081708Global climate ChangeWhen: fifteen thousand years ago Where: Whole world What: Sun and rain brought abundance of harvests, Winter made it had to farm, general warming increased rain fall8
7192082755slash and burn cultivationWhen: 6000 B.C.E Where: eastern and western hemispheres What: Frequent movement, Slash the bark on a stand of trees to the ground,9
7192082756JerichoWhen: 8000 B.C.E Where: North of the dead sea What: Earliest known neolithic villages10
7192083617catal HuyukWhen: 7250 to 5400 B.C.E Where: Modern Day turkey What: Best known neolithic village, originally a small unknown village, five thousand inhabitants11
7192084480Characteristics of a civilizationWhen: 7250 to 5400 B.C.E Where: Catal Huyuk What: Worshiped Venus figurines, agricultural society, Learned to associate the seasons with the stars, sun and moon12

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