Early Man
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"...Now I want to take a moment and talk about what I call opaque documents. This is a metaphor. Opaque meaning ‘murky’ or something you can’t see through. We think of modern historians always working in the archives with actual paper documents – here we’re talking about opaque documents, things from the deep past that we don’t understand necessarily. But, being a curious animal, we tend to speculate about their meaning. ..."
Key Terms
- Characteristics of Early Man
- Bipedalism
- Stereovision
- Use of Tools
- Language
- Bipedalism
- Human Adaptability
- Opaque Documents (and how they relate to pre-history)
- Origin Myths
- Supernatural
- Mythical Animals
- Mythical Language
- Mythical Paradise
- Mythical Fire
- Mythical Animals
Guided Viewing Questions
- What are the characteristics that set humans apart from other primates?
- How do humans show adaptability to different environments?
- How do we know about human history in the epochs before writing?
- What are the characteristics of origin myths? What role do they play in human societies?