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Global History
Chapter 1
HUMAN ORIGINS
Where did people come from?
Biblical Interpretation
Genesis 1:27
God created man in his image;
In the divine image he created him;
Male and female he created them.
Charles Darwin
(1809 – 1882)
Darwin
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, eminent as
a collector and geologist, who proposed that all
species of life have evolved over time from common
ancestors through the process he called natural
selection and mutation.
The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by
the scientific community in his lifetime, while his
theory of natural selection came to be widely seen
as the primary explanation of the process of
evolution in the 1930’s and now forms the basis of
modern evolutionary theory.
Darwin
His 1859 book, ”On the Origin of Species”
established evolution by common descent as
the dominant scientific explanation of
diversification in nature.
There are assumptions and gaps in this
naturalistic view beginning with the concept
that life began as a result of spontaneous
generation and from that point the
development of single cell organisms
eventually evolved into all the forms of life
that are present today.
Early Human Migration
Human Evolution
Chart
Human Evolutionary Chart 2
Human evolutionary chart published in 1931
Piltdown Man
The Piltdown Man hoax used a medieval skull combined with a lower jaw from an
orangutan and teeth from a chimpanzee, which were then placed in a gravel pit in the
village of Piltdown, England. The bones were stained with chromic acid and an iron
solution, creating the crude appearance of an old age. The Piltdown Man was publicized
as the "Missing Link" between man and ape-like species, which eluded (and still eludes)
promoters of evolution.
The Piltdown Man was one of many frauds perpetrated by promoters of the theory of
evolution. This particular fraud was taught to an entire generation of students worldwide
from 1912 to 1953, when it was conclusively proven to the public to be a hoax. The
Piltdown Man was featured in the textbook at issue in the Scopes trial in Tennessee.
Darwinists officially announced the Piltdown Man to be authentic and gave it a formal
name: Eoanthropus dawsoni. This name honored the person who claimed to have found
it, Charles Dawson. The British scientific establishment largely supported the validity of
Piltdown Man.[1]
Picture of Piltdown
Man from a
textbook published
in 1922.
The Paleolithic Age
and
The Neolithic Age
The Paleolithic Age or
Old Stone Age lasted
from about 2.5 million
to 8000 BC. The oldest
stone tools date back
to this era.
The Neolithic Age or
New Stone Age lasted
from about 8000 to
3000 BC. It was during
this era that people
began to make pottery,
grow crops and
domesticate animals.
Agricultural
Revolution
Domestication
of animals
Growth of
villages and
towns
Steady source
of food
Agricultural Revolution
Invention of new tools
Increased Population
Civilization develops
5 Characteristics of Civilization
Advanced cities
Specialized workers
Complex Institutions
Record Keeping
Advanced Technology
Advanced cities
An advanced city is one which is the
center of trade for a larger area.
Farmers and traders bring goods to
markets in the cities. City dwellers
produce a variety of goods for
exchange.
Specialized Workers
As cities grow there is a need for
more specialized workers such as
government officials, artisans and
religious figures. An abundant food
supply would allow some people to
become expert at jobs other than
farming.
Complex Institutions
Increased populations made
government, a system of ruling,
necessary. Laws need to be
establish for order to be
maintained. An economic system
needs to be established and a
religion becomes a formal
institution.
Record Keeping
As institutions become more
complex, a system of writing needs
to be developed because keeping
records becomes necessary. Laws,
economic records, tax collection,
religious rituals need to be
recorded.
Advanced Technology
As the agricultural revolution
expanded and civilizations grew,
new tools and techniques were
required. Plows and irrigation
systems were developed. Potter’s
wheels began to produce plates,
jugs and bowls. People began to
work with metals such as bronze
and copper to make weapons and
tools.
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