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There was a difference between apes and man. Early humans like hominids could stand up upright. Apes could not. -
Hunter-gatherer cultures forage or hunt food from their environment. Often nomadic, this was the only way of life for humans until about 12,000 years ago when archaeologic studies show evidence of the emergence of agriculture. Human lifestyles began to change as groups formed permanent settlements and tended crops. -
Extended in the north of mesoamerica.
Climate; Scater rains and very dry
Flora: Inexistent
Fauna: Insects , reptiles , birds and mammals. -
They lived in Europe. This group learned to cure and store food for long winter. They made clothing and jewelry. -
Mesoamérica is a historical region in North America that includes parts of modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. This area is known for its rich cultural heritage and significant pre-Columbian civilizations, including the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec.
Mesoamerica is also notable for its contributions to art, mathematics, and astronomy, influencing cultures across the Americas. -
Neanderthals are our closest ancient human relatives. Scientific evidence suggests our two species shared a common ancestor. Current evidence from both fossils and DNA suggests that Neanderthal and modern human lineages separated at least 500,000 years ago. -
Oasis América refers to a region in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, characterized by its unique environments and prehistoric cultures. It encompasses areas around the Rio Grande, the Colorado River, and the Sonoran Desert.
The region's adaptation to harsh conditions showcases the resilience and ingenuity of its ancient inhabitants. -
Stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a pint or a percussion surface. -
Settled the pacific by accident through a series of voyages. The theory claims that Polynesians canoes and navigational skills were not adequate for international exploration and colonization. -
A long period of nomadism , gathering , hunting and fishing, which covers the millennia of the Pleistocene glaciations. -
Transition between town that were based on an appropriation economy and sedentary communities that were based on the agricultur. -
They were originally thought to be the first apes to do so, but recent evidence places the earliest tools before the earliest H. habilis fossils. It is actually impossible to say definitively whether or not handy man used tools at all, as multiple species of early hominids co-existed in the same place at the same time. -
Multi level elevated plataforms , massive step pyramids.
Religion : Polytheistic
Cultural elements: Art, architecture mathematics.
Inventions : Mathematical concept of zero.
Rulers : Religious authority, tribute system, military leadership -
Human groups would cross it when frosts caused drops in sea level and the two continents formed a single block between Siberia and Alaska. -
Architecture: Were made of stone
Religion: Polytheistic religion
Cultural elements: Incas developed a unique method of record keeping using quipu.
Language : Quechua
Inventions : freeze dried food -
Spanish were arriving to Mesoamérica. They stablished there base in northern Yucatán. Introduction of European diseases, the suppression of native traditions and conscription of labor took place. -
Northern Mexico
Architecture: Symmetry and elements likes geometric designs.
Religion: Polytheistic and monistic phantoteism.
Language: Nahuatl and codices -
Around the 13 century mexicas / Aztecs entered to the valley of Mexico.
They were compared from different cultures such as teotihuacans. -
Considered to be highlight of the Maya civilization. In this period mayor pyramids , temples and palaces were built. Trades were important , Maya traded whit Teotihuacán. -
Style in central Mexico
Art: Sculptural style was realistic and reflected great artistic skill
Religion : they believed in Quetzalcoatl
Knowledge: experts in writing , astronomy, mathematics -
Valley of Oaxaca
Dedicated to the cultivation of corn, cocoa , chili beans.
Art: Skilled sculptors and weavers
Religion : Characterized by gods related to nature. -
There was the beginning of cultures
The social organization was simple it was a family centered life. -
Was the beginning of structures that would continue through the colonial period.
As the Spanish crown began to take control of the situation , it centralized political decision and displaced the old conquistador from their privileged positions. -
Spain did not even formally exist, the Iberian peninsula at this time was mainly up special Christian kingdom.
Castile and king Ferdinand II of Argon were married. -
Around 13 century Mexicas/Aztecs entered to the Valley of Mexico.
They were compared from different cultures , such as Teotihuacán. -
Smallpox is a European disease that the natives had no immunities against.
Francisco Pizarro: Conquistador general who sent his sights on the Incas in Peru. He only had 170 troops but arrived in the middle of the civil war.
Spain now controls Mexico, central and South America mines and platinums make Spain rich. -
Thanks to Columbus , gets the head start on colonizing the new world.
In order to colonize, Spain had to del with the people living in central and South America. -
Medias had a real monarchy , had military talent , victorious campaigns and great choqueror. -
Toltecs successors created an empire 3 centuries until de 15 century. -
First human
Was found in Africa -
Is the oldest known species to have a human-like body, with relatively elongated legs and shorter arms in comparison to its torso. It had an upright posture. And they did know how to use fire.