Ways of the World Chapter 1-3 brought up some real historical recaps of the first civilizations, the politicial era, discussed Civilization societies, the Paleolithic people, the development of new technologies, to name a few.
Anthropologists believe the evolutionary line of descent leading to Homosapiens came about 5.6 million years ago in the form of chimpanzes which is our closest primitive relative.
The Paleolithic era in other words known as the old stone age, is the first era known to man kind. these people had a hunting way of life, they hunted and food gathered. I find it to be serene the way these people lived. they did not expect much nor did they take much, they were known to borrow what nature had given them to use. many historians do not date back to this era, because they refer to real history as history that is written. But these people drew symbolic messages into these caves.
Agricultural beginnings were seen to be taking place in Asia, sub-saharan Africa, China, New Guinea, Mesoamerica, the Andes, and eastern North America. new technologies were discovered in this era, new ways of using animals, writing came about in this era for example. This brought together civil societies along with lineal governmental societies. People helped create the land form etc. I really enjoyed reading and learning about the beginning of times throughout the different eras.