uscp quiz

• human evolution

  evolution influences one’s culture and helps to explain the diversity of life.
• Evolution theory by Charles Darwin


  The physical transformation of modern humans from hominids into thinking modern humans or Homo Sapiens
• Natural selection


  How a species evolved and how they adapt to their environment
• Hominids to Homo Sapiens

  • Sahelanthropus
  • Ardipithecus
  • Australopithecus
  • Homo
• Sahelanthropus Tchadensis


  • Skulls are similar to the Australopithecus and Modern Human
  • 2 types: Orrorin Tugenensis and Ardipithecus
• Orrorin Tugenensis

  • Between sahelanthropus and ardipithecus
• Ardipithecus

  • The ape of the ground, with a height of 4ft and weight of 120 lbs
  • 2 types: ramidus and kadabba
• Australopithecus (Southern Ape)


  • Tool users but not a tool maker
  • 2 types: gracile and robust
• Gracile Australopithecus


  • Small jaw, small teeth
• Robust Australopithecus


  • Large jaw, large teeth
  • 3 types: Australopithecus Aethiopicus, Australopithecus Robustus, Australopithecus Boisei
• Homo

  • Homo Habilis
  • Homo Erectus
  • Homo Sapiens
• Homo Habilis


  • They know how to create and everything about them is humanlike (400cm brain)
  • 2 types: Homo Ergaster and Homo Erectus
• Homo Erectus


  • Upright man with a body proportion, more intelligent and adaptable, they create technologies such as tools
• Homo Sapiens


  • Believed where the human race belonged
• When human life and human activity evolved roughly dates from 2.5 years ago to 1,200 BC

  Pre-historic period
• Paleolithic-Old Stone Age (450,00-6,000 B.C)


  • Humans used stones found in nature
  • They used tree branches, leaves, and stones for shelter
  • They produced fire by rubbing two stones together
  • Fishing was the primary means of obtaining food
  • Caves and rock shelters near the water source served as their houses
• Neolithic-New Stone Age (6,000-2,000 B. C.)


  • They used polished and bladed stones
  • They started agriculture and established settlements in permanent villages
  • There was more domestication of animals
  • They led a more sedentary lifestyle
  • They had permanent homes, usually made of timber or mud bricks
• Metal Age (2,000 B.C. - 1000 A.D.)

  • They began consciously to produce metals
  • Changes in settlement organization, ritual life, and interaction between the societies were evident
  • Forests were formed after the melting of ice caps
  • They showed signs of being dependent on rivers as their primary source of food
• Copper Age (3500-2300 BCE)


  • They used copper for jewelry and weapons
  • There was sporadic use of copper for a limited number of small tools and personal ornaments
  • Copper was used to adorn the deceased. It was also fashioned into implements
  • Copper pipes were used to carry water, dating back to around 2700 B.C., as found in one of the Egyptian pyramids
  • The art of smelting and molding copper was developed
• Bronze Age (2000-500 BC)


  • Combining copper, tin, and bronze was done to make more durable weapons
  • The wheel and the ox-drawn plow were invented
  • Metals replaced bronze in making weapons
• Iron Age (1200-1000 BC)


  • Iron was found to be the strongest metal among the three
  • The export of knowledge of iron metallurgy and iron objects was rapid and widespread
  • Iron was used to make weapons, putting arms in the hands of the masses
• The discovery of making fire through rubbing stones together in order to cook food is really an act of survival during the time. A diet of raw wild foods was not enough, so they learned to cook their food using fire. Firelights also allowed hominids to sleep on the ground or in caves instead of in trees because it served as their protection from predators and provided warmth at night. Fire was also used for performing rituals, as Christians view fire as a symbol of divinity. The worship of fire has been a part of culture since then. Fire rituals were used to release unwanted energies and attachments from the past and make space for new intentions, which are still being practiced by many old folks in the provinces
• When the Earth became extremely cold and ocean levels were much lower than they are now, the early humans learned how to make clothes by sewing animal skin together using bone needles. Other readily available materials were animal feather, fur, and woven grasses. They also made clothing from linens and wool in later societies. Towards the end of the Ice Age, the climate became warm
• People during the Stone Age first started using clay pots to cook food and store things. They also used sharp-edged flakes to break apart nuts, seeds, and stones and to grind clay into pigments
• types of art they do in the cave w stones

  sculpturing, painting, pottering
• stone ages era

  paleolithic/old stone, neolithic/new stone, metal, iron