Application and Reflection Questions
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What are some of the reasons our distant ancestors evolved in a way that took them out of the trees?
2
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What types of tools do you imagine Paleolithic humans may have developed that have not survived in the archaeological record?
3
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What type of environment would you look for if you were a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer? Why?
4
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Why might egalitarianism among hunter-gatherer groups be a successful social strategy?
5
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Was the Neolithic Revolution an example of modern humans making progress? Why or why not?
6
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How might groups living in Neolithic settlements like Jericho or Çatalhöyük have thought of hunter-gatherer communities living around them? Why?