What is African pre-history? Our studies begin with the era called "prehistoric," meaning before the era known as "historic" (meaning written records). It is an important era. Mostly because it includes the very great majority of the total time on earth that humankind has spent developing basic human abilities and culture. "The main change throughout all of mankind was the change to bi-pedalism (Dr. Agorsah)". The traditional "Stone Age" name comes from the stone tools and weapons first made during that time.
Archeology in Africa shows that man is linked to pre-hominids (Ancestoral to both Apes and man). Australopithecus is the earliest Hominid related to us (humans). Hominid meaning "Humans and their direct and near-direct ancestors (Wikpedia.com)".
The dating of the artifacts plays a pivotal part in history. There are many ways to determine what time frame a piece of history (such as fossils or pottery) was used or alive in. There are two major ways to determine how old......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1363
Approximate Pages: 6 (260 words per double-spaced page) |