elaborate on quality consciousness during stone age?
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Considering that stone age people were probably all stoners, very hazy at best.
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Actually we know just a little about it. Probably, as we see in the modern primitive groups still living, women usually collected plants and men hunted the animals. The life of the society was mostly depended on women's efforts in the earlier parts of Paleolithic I believe. Because there was not very much hunting since the Middle Paleolithic. \n\nIn the Upper Paleolithic Europe (35,000 years ago) there are some Venus figurines which reflects huge women. The same period, some male figurines also existed in Eastern Europe. But I believe further excavations will shed light into the Venus figurines problematic.\n\nFor the Neolithic, it has been thought that there was a Female Goddess. Figurines from Catalhoyuk (in Turkey), made people think of that. Recent researches in Anatolia, mostly in the southeast of Turkey, proved that before Catalhoyuk times (Pre-Pottery Neolithic) there were many statuettes of male figures. So sex of the Neolithic deity changes with the transition from PPN to Pottery Neolithic. But in western parts of Neolithic culture, like Balkans, figurines dating to the Neolithic, mostly has no sex identification. \n\nWe can not say that women or men had a special "sacrified" role in these times (both Neo and Paleo). \n\nWe can only say in farming villages (who still live like Neolithic age) their roles are different (I am talking about farming villages that produces cereals like wheat). The man usually work only in summer and women always does most of the housework all the time.
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yr  on the4 starting line....if there is one....and there is.....it took  everything  up to now  to  have  one  person  ask  that....the  greeks  built a 'dynamic'...on the  principle...KNOW  THYSELF....long  b4  that  the orient  expanded  from  SANSKRIT..   be  true  to  yourself...is a  most  common  ideal...surprised..its  not  selfishness....hint  the  universe  is  within  thee....the   buddah....started  his  search...by  asking...why  am  i  human?\ngo  for  it *it might  encompass  eternity....but  isn't  that  a  promise    and  a  part  of  now?
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The myceanean culture had beautiful artwork. Lots of frescoes and pottery. I studied it for Classical Studies.\nCheck out http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&search-form=graphical/edu/main.html&submit-button=search\n\nOr the adult section if thats more relevant, there are links there. The more individual specimens you use on your assignment, including all the info u have on them, the higher your marks will be! GoodLuck!
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Around 600,000 years old. Maybe even older.
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Do you want ancient farming life or present day farming life?\nYou have to be more specific with your questions
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Hey! Your "other" question is already cluttered up with some high voltage discussion and nice arguements so, I thought I should post my answer here as it is more peaceful and calm here. I was wondering whether I should have posted my answer there? \n\nNow, I'll try to make sense while talking about a topic that I know little about. \n\n1- It all started with the arrival of the first bipedal- Australopithecus anamensis. (some might argue that it was Ardipithecus ramidus). Ok, the point is, as our ancestors started to learn to walk on two feet, they had some challenges to face as bipedalism reduced their speed considerably putting them at a clear disadvantage against their predators.\nNow, as this problem was faced by all the hominids all over the world at the same time, it led to some parallel thoughts (and thus inventions and discoveries) all over the world e.g. building homes, making weapons and tools etc. (The stone tools were first made by the handy man i.e. Homo habilis and not Australopithecus).\nThis tool technology was spread by Homo ergaster as they  migrated outside Africa.\n\n2- Then, in the course of evolution, the early humans started to have a complex cultural lives and they grew emotionally, e.g. the Neanderthals (who aren't our direct ancestors) started to bury the dead.\n\n3- As the homo species like homo erectus, homo neanderthalis, homo heidelbergenesis and ancient homo sapiens (Cro Magnon) made further advances in creativity and productivity, they all felt a natural need to pen down their thoughts. This led to the cave painitngs and carvings. All of those paintings can be interpreted as diary entries as you may see that the paintings and carvings simply depict what the early men "did" i.e. hunting, using tools etc.\nSo, I guess it is understandable why the "pictorial-scripts" developed contemporarily to each other.\n\n4- But the question still remains: Why were the origin of world's ancient scripts so contemporary to each other? I guess, as man found the pictorial depiction of thoughts and emotions more and more unconvenient and tedious due to the diverseness of thoughts and situations to be depicted, it started taking help of symbols. Perhaps, this behaviour was so "human-like" that every sub-species of the homo sapiens followed this pattern of 'depicting thoughts symbolically' universally.\n\n5- Another reason of this might be migration. Before the ancient civilizations like Inka, Mesopotamia, Egyptian etc. even came into existence, the early hominids led a nomadic life. According to the "Out of Africa Hypothesis", all the modern humans "Homo Sapiens" originated from Africa. Later, they migrated to Africa, Asia and Europe and formed groups.\nSo, I guess due to their similar ancestral origins, the human beings had a common problem solving approach and hence, attempted the problem of inconvenience of pictorial scripts in a nearly identical manner.\n\nThe scientific difference in the scripts can explain that they were devised on completely different grounds but, the approach was similar due to common origins and creative grounds.
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wikipedia is a great place to look up any Information I hope this helps you good luck for the search of truth and enlightenment
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The evidence is that people were doing all kinds of ceremonies very far back in time, like there are burials dated well back into the Stone Age.  If they did burials, and they did, they did pretty much the whole gamut of ceremony: crownings and inductions and religious things, and weddings.  So it would be hard to find out when the "first" one was - 30, 50, 75, 100 thousand years is a loooong time.
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Go 2 this sites \n\nhttp://www.agevolution.com/  there are lot others but i think this is best n  enuff for u to get any imformation regarding agriculture and its evolution
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Helpful references below.\n\nNow go do the work by reading these articles and using your brain!
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Well I think you should start by using the reasons for human evolution. One of the most acclaimed reasons was the transition to bipedalism (walking on 2 legs) which is thougth to be first started around 3.5 million years ago with "lucy" or australopithecus afarensis. Such a change was obviously gradual and you should try to explain the numerous theories as to why we started to be bipedal. Most known theories are the change of landscape from rainforest to more savanna thus species had to rely on plains for food and could not totally arboreal. Also the search for food and mates over the vast savanna caused a gradual change to the more effiecient bipedal walking. Then you can start to talk about the tool making. You can start by using the chimp's use of a tool then transition through from australopithecus to homo where you can spend more time on species like homo erectus and homo sapiens neanderthalensis and his tool making skills. This may have been one of the sole reasons for our evolution as it classifies the need for food. Thus more effiecient species evolved and were selected for based on his cleverness to survive and eventually led to brain enlargening and the advent us, homo sapiens sapiens. So use the tool eras....olodowan, mousterian etc and classify periods and species and you're on track!!!!
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The history of embalming - start with Egyptians (or further back) - you know, mummies, canopic jars, and the like - move to modern times - go to a local funeral home and ask for a tour (I'm totally serious - they don't get serious enquiries often, so they will usually comply if they know you are serious).\nOr if your goal is to WIN the science fair, go with something in the psychology area (left brain/right brain differences maybe)- questionnaires, skills tests, and such.  You can enlist your family's help with all the "field work," and since very few people enter in this category, you're a likely winner!
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I would want to go back to hmm lemme see Egyptian Period! To know the secrets of building pyramids and stuff :-)Really fascinating!!!
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Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such key features as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy, psychology, neurology, and cognitive science. Consciousness differs itself from moral conscience, often designed by the expression of a "voice of conscience" telling the good from the evil.
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Last I heard, Easter Island has nothing to do with early man at all. More recent studies are dating the constructions well within the second millenium. Wish I could remember where I read that, but I am sure it has something to do with environmental destruction. i.e. the more recent population lived an unsustainable lifestyle and wiped themselves out. Really wish I could remember that article's details. Sorry.
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Howdy! :)\n\nFirstly, I'd like to say that I've never heard of the man-made stones "theory" before -- & I've read a good bit on the subject, as well as ancient history in general, as well as watched & listened to many TV & radio documentaries that dealt with the subject, as well as ancient history in general!\n\nActually, the ancient Egyptians employed different kinds of stone in building at least the Great Pyramid. They used limestone & 2 varieties of granite. There are several varieties, quite a few being the most durable on the planet. Rose stones & blue stones, that were used to build Stonehenge, are 2 of the varieties that come to mind.\n\nAs for method, a number have been suggested, none of which involving the wheel, because archaeologists & scientists etc. keep insisting that the ancient Egyptians didn't have them, have access to them or separately invent them. But I beg to differ. There was a long history of interaction between the various peoples of the region & the ancient Egyptians, even if they didn't separately invent the wheel, did have access to & could have easily bought or traded them from the other cultures with wheels that they regularly interacted with.\n\nWhat I'm pretty certain of is that they used gravity as an easy & reliable means of power. Meaning: imagine a portable forklift. If you're not familiar with this object, it's basically a rectangle of metal, with a tray or sheet of metal at the bottom attached to two wheels. What I'm convinced they did is that they used something similar: basically 2 boards of wood (they did have tables & so did have boards of wood & knew how to cut them from the tree or at least buy them!) one of which attached to 2 wheels (or at least a log) with one of them "sitting"/attached to the bottom one with the wheels vertically & at an angle. This one is further connected with X # of sticks/logs or a triangular board of wood angled down, this being attached to a wheel (or at least a log). When the stone is manoeuvred onto the bottom board, gravity pulls it down through the angled sticks/logs (had they not been there, gravity would've simply pulled the stone to the ground, making the board with the wheels upright, albeit at an angle, & the one the stone was leaning on on the ground!). Gravity is such a great force, it is more force than is necessary to move the stone. So there is plenty of momentum. & even if the sand provided a great amount of friction (regardless whether it was dry or wet), gravity, combined with human labour is more than enough to manoeuvre the stones from point A to point B.\n\nCreating ramps & using sand to support the stones is quite sufficient & effective to manoeuvre the stones to higher levels.\n\nEven if the scientific community could conclusively prove, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the ancient Egyptians did not have wheels or access to them, the website I provided demonstrates an alternative means to manoeuvring large & heavy stones using building principles that are as old as building itself -- even if earlier in history people didn't understand & couldn't quantify & explain these principles & why they worked. The important thing was & still is that the principles work & that they are effective.\n\nWhat you will want to reflect on is this:\n\nThe ancient Egyptians had very simple tools, such as a level (used to determine the angle of a wall & whether or not it is straight) & thread or rope. & yet, they achieved unbelievable accuracy. In fact, & I wish I could remember where I read this or the temple in question, I once read of a temple in the Nile river. It was unique because it was built in such a way so as to glorify 2 events in the pharaoh's life: his birthdate & that of his son. The temple's unique qualities were that on those 2 days, at sunrise & sunset, the sun lined up with the pharaoh's throne & illuminate it in such a way as to give the illusion that he&#39