HUMAN EVOLUTION

Mrs. Richards 

WORLD HISTORY I ASSIGNMENT 

PREME NAMFAR #322 GRADE 9 

CITIZENS’ HIGH SCHOOL 

JOURNEY 2 : Assessment 

“HUMAN EVOLUTION”

Spears, Bow, and Arrows 

Evolution of Technologies 

How did this Technology help 

prehistoric people? 

Using for “hunting” and “selfdefense” 

in the era and/or the 

hunting strategies of the group 

develop. And this help modern 

human to outlive Neanderthals and 

able to occupy new territories 1,2 

IN THE OTHER WORD: 

Survival Tool for Prehistoric People 

Hunting Weaponry 

RESOURCES: 

[1] BBC Science Focus Article : The invention of 

spears and bows and arrows may have helped early 

humans drive Neanderthals to extinction Authored 

by: Jason Goodyer 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/theinvention-of-spears-and-bows-and-arrows-mayhave-helped-early-humans-drive-neanderthals-toextinction 

[2] Smithsonian Magazine JULY 2008 Article: The 

Great Human Migration Authored by: Guy Gugliotta 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thegreat-human-migration-13561/ 

How did this reflect to the environment or climate? 

Referencing the class material on the starting 

point of hunting and gathering is that weaponry 

has been developed in the Ice Age as 1/3 of the 

earth surface covered by ice 3 and the discovery 

of the ancient weaponry also shows that Homo 

Sapiens think the same way us, modern human, 

think in their early evolution and that reflects the 

early intellect. 4 

RESOURCES: 

[3] Ancient Civilization 2. Prehistoric Time on ”Chill Out” part (class 

material http://www.ushistory.org/civ/2.asp) 

[4] Smithsonian Magazine Online NOVEMBER 7, 2012 Article : Early Bow 

and Arrows Offer Insight Into Origins of Human Intellect Authored by: 

Erin Wayman https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/early- 

bow-and-arrows-offer-insight-into-origins-of-human-intellect- 

112922281/ 

What might be a modern 

counterpart or advancement of this 

technology? How is it the 

improvement on the original 

technology? 

Gun and Modern Warfare 

Weapons; as the technology is 

created to help with hunting, selfdefense, 

and occupying new 

territories. 

The technology for that purpose 

has been updated for the 

precision, further range, and 

destruction power. 

NOTE: 

This is my personal thoughts according to the 

researches and the class materials provided 

related to Spears, Bow, and Arrows

Controlled Fire 




Produce Light & Heat, Cook Plant & 

Animal, Making Stone Tools (Heat- 

Treat Stone), Keep Predator Animals 

Away, and Burn Clay for Ceramics 

Objects Serve as gathering place for 

Social Purpose 

RESOURCES: 

ThoughtCo. Article MAY 4, 2019 : The Discovery of 

Fire Authored by : K. Kris Hirst 

(https://www.thoughtco.com/the-discovery-offire-169517) 

How did this reflect to the environment or climate? 

From the research released in 2012, only the 

genus Homo acquired the skill of controlling, 

igniting and transporting fire not only for warmth, 

cooking, and protection from animals but a 

higher degree over nature as well. This means it is 

the advancement of survival tool the early human 

use for daily routine. 

RESOURCES: 

THE CONVERSATION Article APRIL 11, 2012 : The Discovery of Fire: initial 

steps toward anthropogenic climate change Authored by: Catesby 

Holmes (http://theconversation.com/the-discovery-of-fire-initialsteps-toward-anthropogenic-climate-change-6266) 





technology? 

The Ability of Fire Controlling is 

one of the first greatest human 

innovation and it is the starting 

point of the culture, civilization 

and the development in weaponry 

and cookery as well. 

(Personal View)

Domesticate Animal 




There are 3 main purposes when 

human started domesticating 

animals; for partnership – earlier 

human partnered up with wolves 

and dogs to help each other and 

to share food and hunting, and 

other animal (i.e. sheep, chicken, 

cow, turkey, etc.) as the source 

of food and later on larger 

mammals for plowing and 

transportation (i.e. horse, oxen) 

RESOURCES: 

History World in Before 3000 B.C. Lesson 

Article : History Of The Domestication Of 

Animals 

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHisto 

ries.asp?historyid=ab57 

How did this reflect to the 

environment or climate? 

Referencing the class 

material on the farm system 

part, the technology reflects 

the path towards the 

modernism and show how 

the prehistoric human 

starting to settle in one 

location as a group 

RESOURCES: 

Ancient Civilization 2D. First 

Technologies: Fire and Tools 

http://www.ushistory.org/civ/2d.asp 


counterpart or advancement of 

this technology? How is it the 


technology? 

Domestic Pet become one of 

the companionship in modern 

society, animal farming in 

terms of the mass food 

produce industry, and the 

counterpart for the large 

mammal for plowing and 

transportation is trackers and 

cars 

NOTE: 

This is my personal thoughts according to 

the researches and the class materials 

provided related to Spears, Bow, and Arrows

Farming and Planting Crops 




Farming means human started to 

settle in one location because they 

don’t need to go find food 

anywhere else and also have the 

ability to store during the winter 

RESOURCES: 

Fact Monster Article : DK History: Early Farming 

Authored by: Dorling Kindersley 

https://www.factmonster.com/history/us/dkhistory-early-farming 

How did this reflect to the environment or 

climate? 

The early farming started in “Fertile Crescent” 

in the east of Mediterranean Sea which had 

regular rainfall and in nearby the Mesopotamia, 

the soil was more fertile. Meaning: the farming 

only possible once the irrigation method had 

developed to supply land with water. 

RESOURCES: 

Fact Monster Article : DK History: Early Farming Authored by: 

Dorling Kindersley https://www.factmonster.com/history/us/dkhistory-early-farming 

What might be a modern counterpart 

or advancement of this technology? 

How is it the improvement on the 

original technology? 

Modern Farming that supplies by the 

new technologies and use science 

to increase the farming production 

NOTE: 

This is my personal thoughts according to the 

researches and the class materials provided related 

to Spears, Bow, and Arrows

Cooking Food 




Once cooked and process helps the 

prehistoric people save the energy 

expense to be able to hunt again 

because it is easier to chew and to 

digest. 

RESOURCES: 

NPR Cosmos & Culture Commentary : Cooking Or 

Slicing Food: What Drove Early Human Evolution? 

Authored by: Barbara J King 

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/03/17/47 

0784072/cooking-or-slicing-food-what-droveearly-human-evolution 


climate? 

It is actually still unclear when cooking 

was invented but it reflect our “big 

brain” and “weal jaws and teeth” and 

surely reflect how early human want to 

preserve the food and kill off the 

bacteria. 

RESOURCES: 

New Scientist Article NOVEMBER 2, 2016: Every human 

culture includes cooking – this is how it began Authored 

by: Graham Lawton 

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230980-600- 

what-was-the-first-cooked-meal/#ixzz63pA7dNuH 





technology? 

The modern day people tries to 

study the diet and how food were 

done from the prehistoric era and 

have the new genre of diet 

inspired from our ancestor like 

Paleo Diet, Raw Food Diet – it is 

more like reverse advancement of 

the cooking technology but it is 

definitely a modern human thing!

Permanent Settlements 




Ancient humans switched from 

hunter/gatherer mode to 

agriculture and food production and 

therefore the start of culture and 

civilization. 

RESOURCES: 

History Channel Online OCTOBER 21,2019 Article: 

The Prehistoric Ages Authored by: Lesley Kennedy 

https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-agestimeline 


climate? 

During this era, early humans shared the 

planet with a number of now-extinct 

hominin relatives, including Neanderthals 

and Denisovans so the permanent 

settlement plays the role of occupying 

space and create the stronger 

community – so we survived and not 

extinct 

RESOURCES: 

History Channel Online OCTOBER 21,2019 Article: The 

Prehistoric Ages Authored by: Lesley Kennedy 

https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-ages-timeline 





technology? 

The counterpart and also the 

advancement of the habitual 

settlement in the modern time 

could be the online community 

such as Facebook, YouTube and 

Reddit because now human are 

separated by their intelligence, 

preference and ideas - the culture 

now turned into a virtual 

civilization.

SHORT RESPONSES

QUESTION 1 

The profound questions archeologists and 

anthropologists seek to answer are: Who are 

humans? Where did we come from? Where are 

we going? Based on your prior knowledge and 

your course reading, do you think we have the 

right answers to these questions? What do you 

think still needs to be discovered to answer these 

questions? 

ANSWER: 

Even though we already have a lot of 

information about our ancestors and their 

closed species that extinct at one point. 

There are things that we can learn from the 

new discovery, such as the exact time 

cooking invented, the way each civilization 

shaped itself (if there are more to learn.) As 

history and science in archeology and 

anthropology are never-ending knowledge 

as much as the astrology and even alchemy.

QUESTION 2 

What technology or innovation developed 

today do you think will prove most useful to 

humans in the future? Why? 

ANSWER: 

Healthcare-related technology that 

develops for the lab today could be a 

personal item for the household usage 

in the future, although it was a scam by 

Elizabeth Holmes. Still, I think the idea 

of creating a machine that can tell you 

the outlook and early signs of any 

health issue should be possible in the 

future, and this will help the government 

to save a lot of personal healthcare 

plan budgets as well.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION MRS. RICHARDS 

Presented by 

PREME NAMFAR #322 GRADE 9 

CITIZENS’ HIGH SCHOOL

HUMAN EVOLUTION

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