The Main Events That Shaped Human Civilization

Modern humans today have the option to go to their local grocery stores for food and water. However, that is not case with early humans, to survive they had to hunt, or gather their food. Harsh climate changes could cause a scarce food supply. Without any food to hunt or find, the small groups were forced to move. Early humans would eventually overcome some of these obstacles, by learning how to make simple tools. One of the biggest discoveries was how to start a fire (Wilkinson, 16). Harsh climates soon became bearable with the aid of fire. Approximately 120,000 years

There were many problems known to the human race during the Paleolithic period. Over time, humans naturally solved these problems, and found new improved, efficient ways to handle them. Problems that are looked at as simple in today's standards could could great damage during the Paleolithic period because of our lack of understanding. For example, controlling fire became a necessity to master, so we could cook our food and keep warm during the cold seasons. When new problems arose, we came up with a practical response in order to keep human supremacy over the other species.

The life of a Paleolithic man was not easy but, the discovery of controlling fire made a great difference in the way they lived. Controlling fire was discovered about 3.4 million years ago by early man called the homo erectus. Cooking food now was possible as they could heat their food (seafood , lean meat ext..),resulting in them staying more healthy. Before the control of fire the winters would be very tough as they had no consistent source of heat. As winter approached the days got shorter and for the nomads (always on the move) the sooner sun downs  did not affect their travels because of the light source given by fire. If the I discovery of controlling fire had come a little later we may not be sitting here at our

Language is a very import part in our life, we carry it with us through all the steps, processes, moments experiences of our life, language built us and make us grow and the most important thing is that it grows with us, changes, modifies itself, and becomes more appropriate and specific. As we pointed out language help us to create and understand the world around us, gives meaning to everything and gives birth to emotions and feelings; a world without language would be meaningless and very lonely. Language it’s what help us grow up, the more we learn through it, the more we desire to experience and study in deep, leading us to new prospective, opening our mind to more specific and deep concepts, ideas, projects, goals. We really can’t

4. Humans used fire to ward off predators, adapt to colder climates, and to assist in hunting and gathering. Other technologies included stone tools which were used for both hunting and protection.

Prior to living in homes build to with stand the test of time, growing food their food source, and raising animals, humans were nomads who followed their food source around and were hunters and gathers. Although it took many years, from 8000B.C. to 3000B.C. for humans to go from hunters and gathers to a more common day life as we now know it, the result is referred to as the Neolithic Revolution the begins of human civilization. As the people of this time began to settle down and they began to both farm the land and domesticate animals for the better of the community. Along with the development of these communities as for the first time began to create social class among the many different roles they played in their community. Because

Humans have controlled fire for thousands of years. This basis of technology has since allowed humans to expand. Fire allowed humans to hunt during the winter and eventually hunt in groups. These groups had to have a certain understanding to create a society that allowed everybody to survive. Through many years a language developed which became a basis for society. These hunter groups had evolved enough to settle down and create agriculture. Agriculture brought in people from many different areas, and those people eventually learned that same language. Language helped them by assigning a position in society such as hunters, farmers, and gatherers. As these groups expanded, the area for hunting also expanded which may have led to the discovery of other civilizations. Language was traded between the groups and created even more languages by combining them together. Over time these groups took language to many different areas in the Indo-European area and allowed over 500 languages to develop. Language has since been crucial to the survival of humans. Humans would have a difficult time communicating without language, and would not be able to teach new techniques of farming and other jobs. Since humans can communicate, it has allowed them to create many wonders of the world and many advancements in technology (Evolution of Language).

Before the Neolithic Revolution, civilization had not existed because humans traveled in nomadic groups. However, the environment began to change and disrupted the nomadic lifestyle human’s had led. People constantly migrated to follow their prey and relied on their hunting and gathering skills to provide nourishment to survive, until they discovered farming, which later resulted in the development of group living. The development of agriculture and group living provided food surpluses, causing the development of trade and population growth. Soon after, the population growth and established trading system led to the division of labor, eventually creating a government system. The discovery of farming changed the way the nomadic people had lived; they had to settle down in communities for their crops to be able to flourish and this created civilized societies, because of this agriculture created a new system that would soon be used across the world, a Neolithic economy.

“80,000 years ago, man’s survival in a vast uncharted land depended on the possession of fire. For those early humans, fire was an object of great mystery, since no one had mastered its creation. Fire had to be stolen from nature; it had to be kept alive – sheltered from the wind ad rain, guarded from the rival tribes. Fire was a symbol of power and a means of survival. The tribe who possessed fire, possessed life.” (CITATION). There are four important elements that humans can produce themselves, water, air, earth and of course fire. Fire is a symbol of warmth and light now a days, but can bring pain and death. Back in the prehistoric era Neanderthals, earlier humans, did not have the knowledge we have today, so survival was a struggle

Many people wonder where they come from and how they became humans. There are two eras throughout history that talks about how humans used to survive when there wasn’t anything to make a well-constructed shelter, weapons or kitchen essentials to make food to eat. According to Garvin Lewis in the book WCIV Volume 1. Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2012, the Paleolithic era was the earliest and longest period of prehistory, when humans used simple stone stool (Lewis). The Neolithic era was the period of human history characterized by advances in stone stool-making and the beginning of agriculture (Lewis). This essay is going to compare and contrast the people in Paleolithic era and Neolithic. The difference between the people in the Paleolithic and Neolithic era was the way they both obtain food, and how they both lived. The similarity that the people of the Paleolithic and Neolithic era had was that each gender obtained somewhat the same roles. Lastly, the way that art was used.

Early humans wandered the earth looking for food and shelter. They discovered that fire kept them warm and improved the taste and preservation of food. Once they could acquire food and preserve it, they were inspired to find ways to acquire more and more food, and soon needed a way of recording how much they had to trade with other gatherers and so they invented writing. More than just physical changes, mental adaption was crucial to human advancements.

Due to the introduction of agriculture, the Neolithic revolution hastily became the pinnacle of human development; It was the commencement of civilizations who produced culture, irrigation systems, and Religion. Since sustenance began to grow and create surplus, numerous individuals were granted the ability to abandon nomadic customs which were heavily regarded as the primary method of supplies in the Paleolithic period. Without the Neolithic revolution, human existence wouldn’t be equipped enough to later industrialize in future generations, nor would there be written language.

At first language was just how you spoke to each other, it was how we communicated and expressed ourselves. As the years went on we started creating new ways to communicate with each other. Writing was developed so language could be used to a greater extent. For example, they could write letters, document events, wrote poems, made art, and express themselves by writing stories. Also writing came with a flaw because of rules that were made for writing, which changed over the years and slowly becoming more complex. As the world began evolving to an age of technology so did language. They began writing emails, writing songs, and online dictionaries for people to use and enjoy. There are so many things that developed because of the evolution of language. Now we can communicate with someone from the other side of the world with ease. We can even play online games with everyone around the globe. The ability to communicate has made it easier for people to gain friends of different nationalities, which could lead to the creation of an all new pidgin or creole languages. There some down sides because now a days most people don't even want to leave their home and even if they do their focus is on a screen- checking social medias, playing games, messaging people, and surfing the internet. Its harder to tell how someone is feeling because their emotions are not always visible through online

3. Perspective- Civilization began with agriculture. When our nomadic ancestors began to settle and grow their own food, human society was forever changed. Not only

Early hominids developed into the humans we are today. Not only did they evolve genetically, but they also had inventions and ideas that evolved them mentally. Through these forms of evolution, man has developed its civilizations into the modern world we know today. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys crash on an island from a plane. From this point in time, the boys attempt to develop their society. The boys in Lord of the Flies mirror their development of society to the development of early man through the use of fire, the building of basic shelter and settlements, and the process of obtaining food by hunting and gathering using technology.