AP World History Chapter 1 Notes
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AP World History
Chapter 1 – From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations
I. Introduction
A. Human origin – 2.5 million years ago
1. 1/4000 of earth’s existence – 24 hour day – last 5 minutes
B. Human negatives and positives
1. Aggressiveness, long baby time, back problems, death fears
2. Grip, high/regular sex drive, omnivores, facial expressions, speech
C. Paleolithic (Old Stone) Age – 2.5 million to 12000 BCE
1. Simple tools – increase in size, brain capacity – Homo erectus
II. Late Paleolithic Developments
Homo sapiens sapiens – 120,000 years ago – killed off others?
Population growth required change – 1 square mile to hunt/gather for 2 people
Long breast feeding – limit fertility
Relative gender equality – women harder, but both contributed