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1. Prehistory vs.history Answer: Prehistory wasthe period of time before writing had beeninvented while history is any time after writing had been invented where humans now know exactly what had h... appened rather than making assumptions 2. Features of civilization: Answer 1: complex institutions 2: advanced technology 3: advanced city 4: written communication5:specialization of labor 3. Stages of hominid development Answer: - STAGE 1 (4,000,000 BCE - 1,000,000 BCE):Hominids / Australopithecines [had apposable thumbs] / Homo Habilis ["man of skills", found in east Africa, created stone tools] - STAGE 2 (1,600,000 BCE - 30,000 BCE): Homo Erectus ["upright human being", bipedalism, larger and more varied tools, first hominid to migrate from Africa to Europe and Asia, first to use fire - 500,000 BCE] - STAGE 3 (200,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE): Homo Sapiens ["wise human being"] / Neanderthrals (200,000 BCE - 30,000 BCE) [first to bury their dead, made clothes from animal skins, lived in caves and tents] / Cro-Magnons (40,000 BCE - 10,000 BCE) [homo sapiens sapiens = "wise, wise humans", replaced Neanderthrals] 4. "Out of Africa" thesis vs.multiregional thesis Answer: The "Out of Africa" thesisstatesthat Homo sapiens sapiens emerged in Africa and then migrated from there, and is the most widely accepted theory by scientists, while the multiregional thesis states homo sapiens sapiens emerged simutaneously throughtout the world and descended from earlier hominid groups that had already left Africa 5. Paleolithic Era Answer: - "Old Stone Age" - a long period of human development before the development of agriculture [Show More]

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