The Emergence of Human Communties, to 500 B.C.E.
Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, & History: The First Four Million Years I. People & the Earth?s Creations ? A. People of West Africa believed that Oduduwa, son of the sky, scattered a ? handful of soil, and let a chicken spread it. This is how they believed the earth ? was created. B. People began coming up with similar stories about the origins of ?the humans C. The story of Adam & Eve was believed & written by the Hebrews. They wanted to empress the moral principles should have. D. In the nineteenth century, there were bodies found that made scientists believe humans had originated from apes rather than Gods. II. African Genesis ? A. Men in 1856 discovered a human looking body but had heavy brow ridges & a