Many different events have happened between today and 50,000 years ago.All of these events have lead to one thing or another, weather it was a change in people or a change in the environment. Hominids were the first to walk upright and be able to use their thumbs, making it easier to do different things. Homo habilis were the ones to introduce the first tools to the world and later on the homo erectus were able to advance them because of their abstract thought and how they went about living. After many years of the homo erectus roaming the earth, homo sapiens evolved. This species had bigger brains so they were known as "wise men". Neanderthals, scientists believed, were trying to explain the world. By doing this they created their own religion and rituals which included burying the dead and caring for the sick or weak. Then, before the modern day humans evolved, cro-magnons were existent. We, as modern humans, have a body identical to the cro-magnons and the same behavior about hunting. Cro-magnons planned theirs hunts, studied the animals habits and stalked their prey. All of these different species had different ways of living, but in the end, all the ideas created the same thing, a way to survive.
One of the biggest changes, and most important change is hunting or providing food for a group of people. It has advanced in many ways over 40,000 years. From running around eating anything you could find, to growing what you could and eating it, to being able to buy any type of food that you want in a grocery store. Hunting is the biggest part of everyone life, no matter how they do it, because everyone needs food to live. Homo sapiens have advanced hunting the most. They turned it into a completely different concept when they began settling in one place and growing their own food, instead of moving around everyday looking for it. Most humans couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have to go out and get your own food everyday, without using a gun of any sort. Having a advanced way of getting food today is very helpful, makes our life easier, and it is because what our ancestors contributed to our world.
One of the biggest changes, and most important change is hunting or providing food for a group of people. It has advanced in many ways over 40,000 years. From running around eating anything you could find, to growing what you could and eating it, to being able to buy any type of food that you want in a grocery store. Hunting is the biggest part of everyone life, no matter how they do it, because everyone needs food to live. Homo sapiens have advanced hunting the most. They turned it into a completely different concept when they began settling in one place and growing their own food, instead of moving around everyday looking for it. Most humans couldn't even imagine what it would be like to have to go out and get your own food everyday, without using a gun of any sort. Having a advanced way of getting food today is very helpful, makes our life easier, and it is because what our ancestors contributed to our world.
Gathering and hunting started with the homo habilis and was used by homo erectus, neanderthals and cro-magnons. This was the only way of getting food for them, because farming was not even a idea back then. Hunting was a hard task, they didn't have guns or anything but a spear to kill the prey with. There was no protection from the animal attacking them and killing. Once the prey was killed, there was a eating order. The hard working men went first, followed by the women gatherers and then children. There was no way that they could store the food, so they ate until everything was gone, and then moved on to another area, which meant that they couldn't settle in somewhere and build shelter.
Gatherers, usually women, had more responsibility because groups could not depend on just hunting because it was not consistent and they couldn't be sure weather they would kill a animal or not each day. While the women gathered, they also had children to watch which meant that they were holding their child in one hand and picking berries and other things with the other. Which is why most of us are right handed. The women picked with her right hand, making it more capable of doing jobs that require more work. Gathering was just as dangerous as hunting, because of the fact that they had their hands full at all times and no protection from any of the wild animals that could attack at any time.
The homo sapiens came along, and began to farm. They would plant all of their own food, which often meant that there wasn't a variety of food. If they had two successful crops of different food, that what they would have to eat. Once again the men were more involved in farming then women, although women had the job of preparing food for the family and taking care of the children. Men would have to tend the land all by themselves. There were no horses or any other type of live stock to help plow or harvest the fields. Children and women often helped with the gathering once the crop was ready to pick and eat. Because they were settled in, and had shelter in one spot, they were able to keep and store somethings. Only things that could stand being in warm and cold weather, because there was no way of controlling the heat in a room, except by fire. The things that they did store, often didn't last long. Crops started lasting longer when stored when our ancestors started freezing them to keep them during colder months when they couldn't keep their crops growing.
The homo sapiens came along, and began to farm. They would plant all of their own food, which often meant that there wasn't a variety of food. If they had two successful crops of different food, that what they would have to eat. Once again the men were more involved in farming then women, although women had the job of preparing food for the family and taking care of the children. Men would have to tend the land all by themselves. There were no horses or any other type of live stock to help plow or harvest the fields. Children and women often helped with the gathering once the crop was ready to pick and eat. Because they were settled in, and had shelter in one spot, they were able to keep and store somethings. Only things that could stand being in warm and cold weather, because there was no way of controlling the heat in a room, except by fire. The things that they did store, often didn't last long. Crops started lasting longer when stored when our ancestors started freezing them to keep them during colder months when they couldn't keep their crops growing.
There are many thing that have advanced in the world since homo erectus, homo habilis and cro-magonons were alive. We have been able to advance tools, ideas, religions and most of all, hunting. Hunting was a difficult thing to do when grocery stores, farmers and guns weren't around. Thanks to our ancestors, we are able to grow our own food, and now, sell it in stores so that every family doesn't need to know how to grow crops and farm land.our ancestors used many techniques of getting their food before coming up with the easiest way that has stuck with us. They have hunted with spears, gathered berries, and moved around from place to place just to find enough food to survive. Our ancestors and our pre-historic species have taught us all about what life should be like, and how things can get better.
