How Did Humanisation Affect The Development Of Modern Civilization

The emergence of agriculture was a major stepping stone in human history. During this birth of agriculture, also known as the Neolithic revolution, humans began inhabiting permanent settlements, grow their own crops, and domesticate both plants and animals for food (Weisdorf, 2005). Considering humans have been hunter-gatherers for the majority of their approximately 7 million years of existence, the emergence of agriculture in the Old World only occurring 10,000-5,000 years ago, marks a significant transformation in food sustenance techniques (Weisdorf, 2005). However, this turning point in history is associated with both positive and negative implications. There is much controversy over whether or not the introduction of

Unlike Paleolithic time's, man could have more leisure time to spend. This led him to broaden the society he was living in and led to increased populations in the Neolithic Age. The more people there were the more discovery man made during this time. The invention of agriculture led to the settled life. Since man no longer needed to roam, all they had to do was put a seed in the ground and watch it grow. Tool and weaponry became more advanced, and pottery and the potters wheel was invented.

The Paleolithic Age was responsible for the introductions of many vital aspects of our world today such as, technology, agriculture, and gender roles. The Paleolithic culture was based on a hunter and gatherer society, which had a great influence

The earth was being populated and man was spread-over the earth, which caused a growth in civilization.

There were many social and economic changes that took place in human development from the Paleolithic through Neolithic periods. First, humans invented agriculture to use in their day to day lives. Next, roles of men and women began to shift. Finally, another change between these two periods had to do with living quarters. Art was affected in all of these changes made during the transition from Paleolithic to Neolithic eras.

b. Environment change and global warming caused the human population to experience a rapid growth. As more gatherers and hunters occupied the earth, more animals were being hunted. As a result of this, many megafaunal animals became extinct so the gatherers and hunters had to adjust their food supply. From the need of food came the discovery of agriculture. For the Iroquois, they built their villages around maize fields. The women would tend the crops and overlook the community, while the men would hunt.

The weather became more acceptable for growing crops which made it easier for humans across all niche. Also by the extinction of some land animals the push for new food sources increased. Over time their diets became more balanced (broad spectrum diet) and their farming technology increased.

The sort of changes that farming brought were: people benefiting from a further steady and dependable food source, settling down and building vaster communities, concentrating on contemporary skills (architecture, arts and crafts, social organization), and elaborated societies eventually emerging.

The Paleolithic era was an era of hunting, gathering, and no permanent settlements. This constant moving helped many people survive better because there was more food available as they were not exhausting the resources of one set place. “First hunter-gatherers enjoyed a varied diet” page 97. The varied diet of hunter-gathers caused them to have a very healthy lifestyle, which helped them survive more efficiently. The Paleolithic

Technology has changed everything greatly since the Paleolithic age which include transportation, medicine, and communication. The changing of climate, becoming warmer has brought the ice age to an end. The world started to form going through many changes, the temperature changing, ocean levels rising which was starting to form islands. Living has improved greatly, people having boats for fishing and hunting, bow and arrow which was easier to kill for food. The change of environment has made a big impact on the way people live. People became farmers, living in villages and making enough food to survive for themselves. The farmers learned how to cultivate their plants and handle their animals much better. There forms of living was much different to they could accommodate up to 45-50 people which provided large amounts of storage for food. Walls were made of mud or clay and ceilings were made with plant such as straw or reed. The beds and seating was made from stone. Their houses were located near rivers, plateaus, or in swamps. Their art has improved instead of cave paintings and cave work now they use clay, ceramics and pottery.

These conditions forced the humans to discover, create and evolve. This is where there is a shift to the New Stone Age, the Neolithic

Agriculture was a big step in human history, it affected human life in positives and negatives ways. With agriculture came the building of houses and communities. Their knowledge from the Paleolithic Era of the use of stone help them to build their house. Other development after agriculture was clay. People use clay to made pottery,

People of the Paleolithic era live by hunters and gatherers. They rove about as a nomad for food. In the Neolithic era, people settled down and started growing grains, also started storage of food. The rise of agriculture is one of the major changes of this era. In the Paleolithic age, humans used tools made out of stone and bones to hunting and fishing. In the Neolithic age, people used tools made up of copper to started agriculture. The prime innovation of this age was the development of pottery, it is easier to cook and transport food.

The revolutionizing transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture was a central shift in the way homo sapiens lived that occurred twelve thousand years ago. Consequently, several factors contributed to this astonishing modification of life including increasing population size, favorable environments such as the Nile River in Egypt and the Fertile Crescent in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture allowed for mass production of food in order for the sustainability of the increasing population size, but with agriculture also came specialization and the division of labor ultimately leading to moral inequality.

The influence of humanism and capitalism in the time of the Renaissance working in today’s culture, in my understanding, I believe that the humanism had a one mode way of thinking to typify Renaissance ideas. The humanists believed that God had given humanity options and potential, and the humanist thinkers had to act to succeed and make the most of this: it is a responsibility to do your best. From our text about capitalism, “the rising cult of the creative individual, the invention of new technologies, and capitalism worked together so that the German painter Albrecht Durer (1471-1528), the contemporary of Leonardo and Michelangelo, could venture forth…to succeed as an artist-entrepreneur, able to survive with minimal patronage from the Church