1. Paleo- Indians were the first people to migrate to the new world. They were to have followed other animals from their home to the new world. They were very smart, archaeologist found tools they created and used for various aspects of their lives.…
Jared Diamond, a geography professor and the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, was asked a question posed by a native, Yali, to the island of New Guinea. Why do some people have “cargo”, meaning material goods and other useful items, but others did not? This simple question had such complex possible answers and Diamond attempted to create his own. According to Diamond the environment where societies initially started evolving was the main factor that decided whether a society would become more advanced than other societies because aspects of the environment such as arability of land would control the types and rates of development and advancement of technology, the types of governments societies had, the types…
The Cherokee Tribe was know as one of the more civilized tribes. They inhabited the land hundreds of years before European Settlers discovered the new land. One of the most important tools that Cherokees used was arrowheads. According to an online source, “Arrowheads were made from various kinds of stone but flint was considered the best. Not only because it was so hard, but also because flint is easier to chip into "flakes" with sharp edges than most other hard rocks” (Cherokee Weapons).…
Records indicate the original inhabitants of North America for over thirty thousand years were the Paleo-Indians, but they wouldn't be alone forever. The Norse Sagas are the only records that indicate the Viking, Leif Erikson, was the first European to discover the "new world" having visited what is now known as Canada and Newfoundland. Visits were few and were not well known to other Europeans at that time. Records do not indicate why the explorations ceased other than to say some of the Europeans were killed by the Native Indians.…
The key aspect discussed throughout this documentary paper is the role of Neanderthals in todays society, and how they compare to todays humans. Perhaps Neanderthals never existed would it affect todays humans in anyway? Throughout this documentary I learned about a species that I had not heard of or known from previous knowledge. I also found it very impressive the way that the Neanderthals went about living their lives and trying to survive.…
Cherokee Tribes had to be resourceful when making tools they used, what the earth provided such as wood, stone, rock and flint. The weapons that the Cherokee tribe used were arrowheads, spears, stone and club weapons which include tomahawks and battle hammers etc. These weapons were used for hunting deer and other types of animals. Some spears were made entirely of hardwood; the points sharpened by hand and then hardened in a fire (Cherokee Nation).…
Indiginous Native Americans would soon perfect the spear by encorporating sharp edges made from flint and then attatched…
Their skulls look primitive compared to human’s skulls. From their craniums, even though they are identical with the Human’s brain, the scientists conclude the Neanderthals’ brain was bigger than human’s brain. Therefore, they should have the ability to think like Human. They also had hunch posture and shuffling walk.…
The Journey to Populating the Earth Hominid began to populate the earth millions of years ago, from Africa and eventually spread out to all of the continents on Earth. The journey took millennium through errors and trials of survival and social organizations. Through Homo sapiens’ excellent adaptation, cognitive revolution and complex social organization, we were able to spread out as much and as fast as we did and dominated the entire planet. The harnessing of fire played an extremely important part in helping with the spread of human population throughout the globe. Around 250,000 BCE, fire helped our ancestors to control their environment, they were able to occupy in an environment for twenty-four hours, and they were also able to control…
Hunting knives have been around since the Stone Age. Stone, bone and shells were first used as knives. The one thing they had in common with today's knives is that they were sharpened on stone. Egyptians generally used long handled spears to capture prey. They were the first to attach wooden handles to their stone blades.…
Evolution shapes certain characteristics which can be shared by many species of a certain organism. These traits can be related to the four evolutionary trends of hominins: bipedalism, dental change, cranial capacity and material culture. (Gonzalez, pwpt) The three anatomical characteristics of skull one are the teeth and jaw are smaller, the projection of the face and jaw is less than previous hominins and the cranial capacity increases by elongating. The dental change suggests a change in diet from being herbivores to being omnivores because of environmental changes.…
From flint to metal,the spear was extremely versatile. Early spear were first just sharpsticks, anywhere from 2.1 to 3 meters in length. Early spears since they were just sharp sticks were used for hunting and fishing, but later man started using flint and the head of the spear, flint never had to be sharpened as the it could be flaked off, and those flakes were naturally razor sharp, but fragile. Later came the use of obsidian, the sharpest material on the planet, it micro bevel width was as small as 2 nanometers, that’s small enough to sever molecules themselves in the skin. And in some countries it is still used as scalpels in hospitals.…
This species dates back to two millions years ago and through fossils that have been recovered, it has been discovered that they manufactured simple stone tools, survived through hunting and gathering, and may have taken on the…
In human history, we came to find that there are many different species relating to the human species. One of these species is called the Neanderthals or also known as cavemen. Approximately 40,000 years ago the neanderthals lived but, they vanished instantly at a period of time. Not many people know why or how this happened, who really were the neanderthals and finally what they were like. Neanderthals were a species that branched off of our ancestral tree.…
The evidence that prove this was found in or around Europe from the sapiens. The tools found were pit houses, the first man-made shelters, stitched clothing was worn, and sculpture and paintings in caves was invented. These discoveries lead to proof of why H. sapiens were so closely related to modern humans. As Ember & peregrine stated (2007) “The upper Paleolithic period is also characterized by a variety of new developments: new techniques of toolmaking, the emergence of art, population growth, and new inventions such as bow and arrow, the spear-thrower, and the harpoon” (p.200). The way the species fought for survival was outrageous, sometimes they had to fight their kills Homo sapiens quickly took over the old world soon after Neanderthals suddenly disappeared and or went extinct.…