Week 1: August 28th - September 1st
Monday: “Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.” - Bernard Wood
Questions
What is World History?
BC and AD?
Before Christ and anno domini(Latin for “in the year of our Lord”)
BCE and CE?
Before common era & common era
How old is the Earth?
4.6 billion years
Where were the oldest human fossils found?
Africa-Specifically Tanzania, Ethiopia, and recently Morocco
Who found the oldest human fossils?
Louis and Mary Leakey, Donald Johanson, and numerous other scientists
What are some of the biggest achievements in world history?
Inventions of tools, mastery of fire, development of language, invention of wheels, invention of boats(the sail), art
Louis and Mary Leakey
Searched for hominid remains in Tanzania from the 1930’s-1970’s
Hominid - the group consisting of all modern and extinct Great Apes (modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans plus all their ancestors).
Found humanlike fossils in 1959 in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania (in Africa
The discovery would usher many other findings over the decades
Donald Johanson
Discovered a 3.2 million-year-old fossil of a female skeleton in Ethiopia named “Lucy” in 1974
This was the oldest known hominid remains found until 2015
Started history of the world in 2 hours video
Tuesday: Continued history of the world in 2 hours video
Wednesday: Finished history of the world in 2 hours video
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